Pale Dock (Smooth Dock)
Rumex altissimus Wood
Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family)
▲ ▼ young stems
▲ flowering plant
▲ plant at seed stage
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
pale or smooth dock:
o has rosette of light-green, smooth-edged leaves about 1-3” wide and 6-12” long
o has more leaves on flowering stem, usually, compared to curly dock
o produces similar inflorescence to curly dock