Calflora Taxon Report
Rumex maritimus  L.

(not an active name)
Golden dock
Rumex maritimus is an annual or perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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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:
PLANTSRumex maritimus ssp. fueginus
PLANTSRumex maritimus var. athrix
PLANTSRumex maritimus var. fueginus
PLANTSRumex maritimus var. persicarioides
PLANTSRumex persicarioides
Information about Rumex maritimus from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (RUMA4)

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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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