Dock (6)
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Dense-flowered Dock Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows over 3ft tall in dense colonies, un-branched, except in the flower head, from a basal rosette of large, upright leaves. Leaves are 12-18'' long. Flowers are tiny and reddish-green, turning brown at maturity. Flora of North America reference. |
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Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows to 5ft un-branched, except in the flower head, from a basal rosette of leaves . Leaves are up to 12'' long, dull green with very wavy (curly) edges. Flowers are tiny and yellowish or reddish green. The mature plant is reddish-brown. Flora of North America reference. |
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White Dock Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows 16" to 40", branched below first flower spike with
long, flat, light green, narrow leaves. Flowers are in thin clusters on
branched spikes. |
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Flowers are green but turn rusty with age.
Photo taken on:
July 30, 2011 Flora of North America reference. |
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Western Dock Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows over 4 to 6 feet tall with branches above the middle. Leaves are narrowly triangular or lance-shaped with smooth or slightly wavy edges up to 14" long. Flower heads turn reddish-brown at maturity. Flora of North America reference. |
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Fiddle Dock Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows to 2 feet high with a slender, erect stem. Leaves are often oblong with a narrow middle in the rough shape of a fiddle, and can be wavy edged. Flowers grow in dense whorls forming a long cluster. Distinguished by the long teeth on the edges of the tepals. The whole plant turns red at maturity.
Flora of North America reference. |
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Canaigre Dock Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) Grows 2 to 4 feet tall with a stout, fleshy stem and large, waxy, ridged leaves. Flowers grow in dense clusters of pinkish brown and green. Flora of North America reference. |
