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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Curled dock (English) |
Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Introduced |
Description: |
Erect perennial herb. Leaves lanceolate; margin usually undulate and strongly crisped. Inflorescence usually simple or little branched. Fruit perianth segments ovate-cordate, usually all three with tubercles; margin entire or minutely dentate. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | crispus: with a wavy or curled margin |
Habitat: | In disturbed and cultivated ground and by streams |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1220 - 1700 m |
Flowering time: | Mostly Oct - Jan, but also other times of the year |
Worldwide distribution: | Europe, Macaronesia and most of Africa; widely naturalised elsewhere. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 6 September 2006 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 48. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 68. Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006). Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 46 - 47. Rechinger, K.H. (1954). Monograph of the Genus Rumex in Africa Botaniska Notiser Supplement 3(3) Pages 76 - 79. |
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