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Mexican dock
Rumex mexicanus
Rumex mexicanus
Mexican dock Smartweed-Buckwheat Family
Rumex mexicanus Polygonaceae
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common names
  Mexican dock
  Mexican willow
accepted scientific name
  •Rumex mexicanus Meisn.
rules for finding collection records
  Rumex mexicanus (651)
  Rumex salicifolius mexicanus (823)
family name
  • Polygonaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Al Wheeler, Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium
Image License: They are free for you to use as you wish.
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is about 0.15 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed beginning of April thru 2nd week of October

Plant Showiness (36%)
eFloras.org says that R. mexicanus only grows in NM and Mexico. Lots of other people find it elsewhere.
base map where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Disturbed
Meadow
Forest
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