Rumex crispus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POLYGONACEAE
Species:Rumex crispus L.
Common Name:Curly Dock; Yellow Dock
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RUCR
Plant Notes:Curly Dock is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). It is native to Asia and Europe. In Alabama it occurs statewide. Curly Dock occurs on roadsides and railroad margins, along ditches and streams, in the margins of fields and pastures, on urban lots, and in other disturbed areas. It is a perennial from a thick vertical fusiform rootstock. Stems are erect, 2-3 feet in height, usually branched above the middle, glabrous, and green or reddish brown in color. Leaves are basal and alternate along the stem, petiolate, lanceolate in outline, glabrous, and with undulate and strongly crisped margins. Flowers are produced in dense terminal panicles. Flowers are in whorls of 10-25. The perianth is greenish, campanulate, glabrous, with 6 tepals and 6 stamens. The three outer tepals are smaller. The fruit is an achene. Curly Dock is the most common and widespread member of the genus. It occurs worldwide in a variety of habitats. It forms hybrids with many other species of Rumex.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOLYGONACEAE - Buckwheat family
Genus Rumex
Species Rumex crispus L. - Curly Dock; Yellow Dock

Citation

Citation Rumex crispus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 335. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Europe, without data (lectotype: LINN 464.7). Lectotypified by Siddiqi & El-Taife, in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 106: 14. 1983.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Lapathum crispum Lapathum crispum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 261. 1771.Rumex crispus Linnaeus 1753.  
Rumex crispus var. mexicanus Rumex crispus Linnaeus, var. mexicanus M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 353. 1843.  
Rumex patientia var. crispus Rumex patientia Linnaeus, var. crispus (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 560. 1891.Rumex crispus Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1875 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000013129 Mobile 29 May 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11097		 USAM
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_20040 Lowndes 18 Jun 1970 Moore, Harold D.
102		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139970 Talladega 13 Jul 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
327		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139880 Colbert 06 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4351		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00055615 Blount 16 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1049		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_56602 Crenshaw 9 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10223		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU146011 Calhoun 31 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1603		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000052118 Lowndes 21 May 2021 Diamond, Alvin R.
29625		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139892 Jefferson 09 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
206		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000022607 Houston 10 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18894A		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_47245 Madison 3 Jul 1981 Baird, E.
35		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UNA00010134 Mobile 27 Mar 1982 Haynes, Robert R.
8512		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_41717 Macon 5 May 1973 Guyse, Keith D.
110		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139884 Elmore 27 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9624		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00045959 Randolph 5 May 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2156		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139868 Calhoun 26 May 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1281		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139962 Marshall 20 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2764		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000045793 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
578		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0019416 Dallas 01 May 1987 Kral, Robert
73823		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_46836 Russell 8 May 1981 Maynard, J.A.
74		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UWAL0012352 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1551		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU140933 Calhoun 29 May 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139900 Lowndes 09 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14118		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_51838 Pike 5 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4653		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139894 Jefferson 02 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1052		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010139 Jefferson 09 May 1981 Horn, Charles N.
212		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_14876 Lee 2 May 1969 Whatley, James L.
12		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UNA00055722 Lamar 28 Apr 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2021		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
UWAL0037198 Cleburne 03 May 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14592		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
TROY000008009 Coffee 03 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
451		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139965 Mobile 27 Mar 1993 Hodge, Lesley M.
41		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000033198 Jackson 13 May 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
113		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_2097 Lee 7 May 1949 Cunningham, Hugh B.
 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139898 Limestone 02 Jun 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00571		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139889 Jackson 04 Apr 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
522		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010124 Tuscaloosa 18 May 1972 McPnail, Joe
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_35358 Covington 27 May 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
S.N.		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139883 Elmore 10 May 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10031		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010198 Tuscaloosa 01 Jun 1875 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_42977 Shelby 9 Jul 1972 Luckett, Larry
78		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UWAL0015973 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
586		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139864 Blount 24 May 1972 Landers, Kenneth E.
RDW-1145		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139961 Lowndes 09 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14122		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000008028 Dale 04 Apr 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
515		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_8056 Cherokee 8 May 1959 Brady, Jr., V.E.
S.N.		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UWAL0043646 Baldwin 28 Jan 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
734		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139968 Morgan 31 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3043		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010114 Mobile 01 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D395		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
UWAL0037462 Bullock 13 May 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
265		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L. ssp crispus
TROY000038400 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1151		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139885 Etowah 11 May 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1461		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010154 Calhoun 10 May 1954 Sherman, Harry
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
USAM000013128 Baldwin 18 Mar 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4213		 USAM
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010119 Tuscaloosa 23 May 1973 Wooten, Charles
35		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139897 Lee 01 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010129 Hale 16 May 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
258		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_45793 Russell 16 May 1971 Carroll, Iii, A.B.
97		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139865 Calhoun 22 Feb 1993 Dasinger, Adam P.
6		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22496 Lee 13 Apr 1970 Montgomery, John
48		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UWAL0002668 Marengo 04 Jun 2010 England, J. Kevin
2529		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus ssp. crispus
JSU139964 Marshall 02 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4157		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010149 Mobile 30 Apr 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D871		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_48938 Henry 7 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5157		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139967 Morgan 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1870		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010119 Tuscaloosa 23 May 1973 Wooten, Charles
35		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
UWAL0001614 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1702		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus ssp. crispus
TROY000008010 Escambia 21 May 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
237		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010124 Tuscaloosa 18 May 1972 McPhail, Joe
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
SAMF0003615 Jefferson 14 May 2001 White, Janet F.
37		 SAMF
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139891 Jackson 26 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1148		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22430 Baldwin 3 Jul 1970 Rogers, Norman
65		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139876 Cleburne 26 Apr 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
676		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139882 Cullman 20 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4829		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0057022 Colbert 20 May 2023 England, Kevin J.
13625		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_61058 Choctaw 21 Jun 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1016		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139972 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4719		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_21154 Lee 12 May 1969 Moore, Harold D.
222-69		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139873 Clay 11 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3914		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139879 Colbert 06 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4351		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00053816 Blount 13 May 1997 Keener, Brian R.
164		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_44008 Conecuh 8 Jun 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2557		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139887 Etowah 14 Jun 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
307		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000034759 Barbour 01 May 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23009		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0035226 Limestone 02 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7874		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus ssp. crispus
TROY000008011 Montgomery 09 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16359		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_2093 Lee 20 May 1955 Arner, Dale H.
S.N.		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139973 Walker 17 Apr 1982 Whetstone, R. David
9481		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
USAM000013127 Mobile 12 May 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7040.1		 USAM
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139872 Cherokee 26 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0038359 Mobile 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7331.2		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139877 Cleburne 26 Jun 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1330		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139881 Cullman 20 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4887		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0056297 Lamar 26 May 2023 England, Kevin J.
13689		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_64418 Randolph 5 May 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2156		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UNA00010104 Tuscaloosa 01 Jun 1875 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_53198 Bullock 15 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4768		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
AUA_ACC_2096 Lee 15 May 1949 Wood, Paul A.
 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139969 Talladega 27 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4008		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139871 Cherokee 06 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13087		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010109 Mobile _ Jun 1886 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_40030 Limestone 19 May 1982 Lahanas, P.N.
S.N.		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139963 Marshall 22 Apr 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1346		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000008008 Butler 22 Apr 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17426		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139893 Jefferson 17 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
441		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000039465 Elmore 07 Jul 2011 Pullen, Robert
84		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_56669 Crenshaw 30 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10288		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UNA00010144 Mobile 27 Mar 1982 Haynes, Robert R.
8512		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_30157 Talladega 18 May 1976 Rutland, David W.
2939		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139899 Limestone 27 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17908		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00050064 Randolph 5 May 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2156		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139966 Mobile 09 Apr 1976 Wayner, Gary A.
628		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
USAM000013126 Mobile 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7331.1		 USAM
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139895 Lawrence 23 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3166		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0046895 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
578		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_45792 Perry 22 May 1971 Fuller, C.W.
86		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
AUA000032640 Covington 5 May 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5018		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139888 Etowah 06 May 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139870 Cherokee 06 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13087		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010193 Montgomery 17 Apr 1960 Turner, Walter
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_22201 Sumter 3 May 1970 Sullivan, Terry K.
88		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139886 Etowah 28 May 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4096		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139866 Calhoun 15 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11461		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34134 Perry 3 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1493		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
TROY000036498 Henry 13 Jan 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23648		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA000042424 Colbert 22 Apr 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1478		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139890 Jackson 27 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2902		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010154 Calhoun 10 May 1954 Sherman, Harry
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
UNA00010188 Greene 14 Jun 1966 Naugle, Helen E.
G94		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
AUA000038070 Morgan 1 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7841		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L. Ssp. Crispus
JSU139896 Lawrence 23 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3166		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_12614 Bullock 30 Apr 1965 Brown, Jimmy E.
S.N.		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139878 Cleburne 24 Jun 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
ALNHS00001060 Dallas 08 Mar 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-656		 ALNHS
Rumex crispus L.
AUA_ACC_45398 Jefferson 12 May 1979 Gilchrist, Scott M.
56		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
UWAL0010870 Barbour 01 May 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23009		 UWAL
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139874 Clay 11 May 1972 Landers, Kenneth E.
RDW-1144		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139974 Winston 07 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4430		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
TROY000008012 Pike 14 May 1997 Evers, Astrid
122		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0009680 Jefferson 03 Apr 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13156		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139971 Talladega 30 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1147		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
JSU139867 Calhoun 15 Jun 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11304		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34374 Perry 7 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1505		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
TROY000038216 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
586		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UWAL0005912 Houston 10 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18894.1		 UWAL
Rumex crispus L.
JSU139863 Blount 28 May 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4039		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
SAMF0006828 Mobile 13 Apr 2019 Thompson, Hannah
36		 SAMF
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
UNA00010193 Montgomery 17 Apr 1960 Turner, Walter
s.n.		 UNA
Rumex crispus L.
TROY000030850 Lee 18 May 1955 Arner, Dale H
s.n.		 TROY
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA000038069 Limestone 2 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7874		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L. Ssp. Crispus
JSU139875 Cleburne 24 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1329		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_60736 Montgomery 13 May 1967 Burnett, Alta M.
219		 AUA
Rumex Crispus L.
JSU139869 Calhoun 28 Apr 1967 Collier, Gary
s.n.		 JSU
Rumex crispus Linnaeus
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