Broadleaf Dock

Rumex obtusifolius L.

Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family)

▲ mid-spring rosette

▲▼ flowering plants

▲ stems showing ochrea (sheaths around stem at bases of leaves)

DOCKS:

      simple perennial, rosette-forming, large tap-rooted weeds

      usually found in pastures, range, abandoned fields; some in lawns

      usually controlled by tillage or by post-emergent herbicides

      inflorescence is a tall stem with terminal spikes of green flowers which mature to brownish seeds

o   broadleaf dock:  similar to curly dock, but with much wider, longer leaves