Search results
3 lut 2020 · Curly dock (Rumex crispus, also called yellow dock) is one of those plants that is easily overlooked. It doesn’t have a showy flower and the leaves can look kind of generic. Furthermore, it’s not typically as prolific of a weed as dandelion— at least not in urban areas.
Rumex crispus, the curly dock, [1] curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia. [2] Description. The plant produces an inflorescence or flower stalk that grows to 1.5 metres (5 feet) high. [3] .
Curly dock (Rumex crispus L.) is a weed of low-maintenance orchards, nursery crops, landscapes, roadsides, pastures and forage crops. This perennial plant is not usually a problem in cultivated row crops. Curly dock grows throughout the US and southern Canada.
Curly dock is found virtually everywhere in the world, naturalized and in some places invasive. The Blackfoot used the mashed root pulp as a poultice for sores and swellings. This plant has medical uses in European herbal medicine as well.
Photos and information about Minnesota flora - Curly Dock: branching clusters, numerous whorls of 10 to 25, 1/4-inch green 3-sided flowers, 1 to 3 grains unequal in size.
18 mar 2022 · A common sight in fallow fields and roadsides, curly docks are widespread but less prolific than similar tap-rooted naturalized invasive plants like dandelions. With their perennial sturdy tap root, curly docks are drought tolerant but are found in moist areas also.
13 kwi 2015 · Curly dock (Rumex crispus), also known as sour dock, yellow dock, narrowleaf dock, or curled dock, is a perennial weed native to Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa. Curly dock was introduced into the U.S., possibly arriving as a seed contaminant in the early 1600’s when the British brought crops and cattle to New England 1.
