Curly Dock

(Rumex crispus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect, coarse, stout, unbranched perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from fleshy taproot, yellow-orange

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, simple, margins undulate and crimped

Reproduction: Terminal panicle inflorescences, monoecious, petals absent, 6 sepals, inner 3 winged

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}