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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]
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.
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.
What does curly dock look like? Capable of developing in full sun or partial shade, curly dock can grow up to 5 feet tall with hairless leaves that reach 12 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. The plant’s leaves are attached to a basal rosette by slimy leaf stems, which are enclosed by a thin sheath.
2 mar 2018 · Curly dock is called curly dock because it tends to have wavy leaf margins. But the leaf shape is highly variable, both on a single plant, and from plant to plant. Younger plants tend to have foliage with less curly margins.
18 mar 2022 · Curly dock (Rumex crispus), sometimes called yellow dock, is mostly known as a nuisance agricultural weed. And with good reason! Curly dock is not only a long-living perennial with abundant seed production, but its seeds also survive in the soil for 50 to 80 years.
4 sie 2022 · Docks are perennial plants growing from taproots, and they are most often found in neglected, disturbed ground like open fields and along roadsides. While docks may be happiest and tastiest when they grow with plenty of moisture, the taproot indicates they are drought-tolerant plants.
