Rumex aquaticus

western dock

Family: Polygonaceae • Genus: Rumex • Region: TEMPERATE ASIA: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Russian Federation (Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Aga Buryat, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation (Amur, Cukotskij avtonomnyj okrug, Habarovskij kraj, Kamcatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast, Primorye), China (Gansu Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng (northwest), Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu), Japan EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom (north), Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (northeast), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, France, United States

Summary: Rumex aquaticus (western dock) is a plant in the Polygonaceae family. Verdica documents 0 traditional uses, 0 phytochemical compounds, and 0 herb-drug interactions for this species.

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About Rumex aquaticus

Rumex aquaticus is a species in the Polygonaceae family.

Care Information

Sunlight	Full sun
Watering	High — needs consistently wet conditions
Hardiness Zone	USDA Coming soon

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