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Knotweed Family - Dock

                    

Polygonaceae - Knotweed family
Curly Dock Rumex crispus
This plant lines highways. The pod wing has tiny teeth that stick to fur and clothing or it can float on water. Pod lump is prominent. Wide strap-like leaves. Young leaves can be eaten as a source of vitamin A, protein, iron and potassium.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2005, May 2010
(Introduced, native of Eurasia, invasive - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Similar Species

Pale Dock Rumex altissimus
Flower spikes in cluster or close spaced rings. Flower and seedpods are yellow. Leaf spear-shaped to linear, long.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Amamastla Rumex chrysocarpus
Very similar to Curly Dock.  Fruit wings wider with a point at the tip, seed lump narrow.
(Native of Texas - Brown)

                    

Polygonaceae - Knotweed family
Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher
Very long, narrow, flower spikes, upright to curving upward. Flowers in evenly spaced rings. Mature seed pod brown, wings have spines. Seed lump prominent.
Photos taken in Coryell County, Texas, June 2010
(Native of Texas, central & east - Coleman, Brown)