Rumex maritimus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Rumex maritimus L.

(not an active name)

Golden dock

2009 Doreen L. Smith

2008 Jorg Fleige

Rumex maritimus is an annual or perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~160 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Rumex
Family:	Polygonaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Possible skin irritation from touching the leaf of this plant.
Do not eat the leaf of this plant.

Habitat: coastal, salt-marsh, freshwater-marsh

Communities: Coastal Salt Marsh, Freshwater Wetlands, Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Rumex maritimus ssp. fueginus
PLANTS	Rumex maritimus var. athrix
PLANTS	Rumex maritimus var. fueginus
PLANTS	Rumex maritimus var. persicarioides
PLANTS	Rumex persicarioides

Information about Rumex maritimus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (RUMA4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/16/2024).