Dock (6)
Dense-flowered Dock
Rumex densiflorus
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Alpine Dock, Marsh Dock
Photo taken on:
June 25, 2005
Location:
Brush Creek, GV, CO
Life Zones:
Montane to alpine
Habitat:
Moist areas
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.
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
September 4, 2011
Location:
Los Alamos, NM
Life Zones:
Plains to montane
Habitat:
Disturbed soil, waste areas, roadsides
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.
White Dock
Rumex triangulivalvis
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
White Willow Dock, Triangular-valved Dock
Photo taken on:
August 24, 2007
Location:
Lottis Creek, GV, CO
Life Zones:
Plains to montane
Habitat:
Moist areas, roadsides
Grows 16" to 40", branched below first flower spike with
long, flat, light green, narrow leaves. Flowers are in thin clusters on
branched spikes. 
Flowers are green but turn rusty with age.
Photo taken on:
July 30, 2011
Location:
Heron Lake area, NM
Flora of North America reference.
Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis (Rumex aquaticus var. fenestratus)
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
June 9, 2014
Location:
Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones:
Plains and foothills
Habitat:
Wet areas, riverbanks, ditches
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.
Fiddle Dock
Rumex pulcher
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
June 26, 2016
Location:
Rio Chama, Abiquiu, NM;
Life Zones:
Plains and foothills
Habitat:
Moist waste areas
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.
Canaigre Dock
Rumex hymenosepalus
Family:
Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Canaigre, Ganagra, Wild Rhubarb,
Arizona Dock, Tanner's Dock,
Desert Rhubarb, Sand Dock
Photo taken on:
May 6, 2017
Location:
Chaco Culture NHP, NM
Life Zones:
Plains
Habitat:
Dry, sandy places, often found near Ancient
Puebloan ruins
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.