Weed
golden dock
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
; triangular in cross section.
Yellowish-brown
Smooth
Ridge angles are acute. Both apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
and base are equally pointed.
This acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. is very light-colored and equally pointed at both ends with the ridge lines not recurving.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Rumex spp.
Polygonaceae
Rumex maritimus L.
Rumex fueginus Phil.
Rumex maritimus L. var. athrix H. St. John
Rumex maritimus L. ssp. fueginus (Phil.) Hultén
Rumex maritimus L. var. fueginus (Phil.) Dusén
Rumex maritimus L. var. persicarioides (L.) R.S. Mitchell
Rumex persicarioides L.
