Calflora: Rumex dentatus

Rumex dentatus L.

toothed dock

Rumex dentatus, a dicot, is an annual or perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

Communities:	weed, species characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 98 feet
Family:	POLYGONACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Rumex found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:

Rumex dentatus ssp. klotzschianus

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Butte: 9 / 7 CCH Glenn: 3 / 2 CCH Imperial: 5 / 5 CCH Merced: 6 / 3 CCH Napa: 4 / 4 CCH Santa Barbara: 1 / 0 CCH San Diego: 12 / 12 CCH San Joaquin: 1 / 1 CCH Solano: 3 / 3 CCH Stanislaus: 1 / 1 CCH Tehama: 1 / 1 CCH Tulare: 2 / 0 CCH Yolo: 3 / 3 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Rumex dentatus from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (RUDE3)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database