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Keep an eye out for the following features to identify curly dock on your managed land before it becomes a widespread issue: 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.
Curled Dock, Yellow Dock. Scientific name: Rumex crispus. Abundance: plentiful. What: very young leaves, seeds. How: leaves may be eaten raw; roast seeds or grind seeds into flour. Where: fields, disturbed areas, stream and pond banks. When: summer, fall, winter, spring.
Rumex Crispus, Curly Dock. The common name of rumex crispus, curly dock, refers to the leaves, which are curved, and have wavy edges. This species originates in Europe, and has spread across most of the US, where it is most widespread in the Rocky Mountains and in California.
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.
Rumex crispus is a perennial herb with erect flowering stems 11.8-63 in. (30-160 cm) in length. Basal leaves up to 15.7 in. (40 cm) x 4.3 in. (11 cm), lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate in shape. Upper Cauline leaves are less crisped than basal leaves, with petioles up to 2.4 in. (6 cm) in length.
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