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|accepted_name=Rumex pulcher
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 336. 1753
|year=1753
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|common_names=Fiddle dock
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Rumex;Rumex pulcher
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Rumex subg. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Rumex sect. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex pulcher]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 497, 527, 528, 530
|treatment_page=page 526
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, glabrous or distinctly papillose especially on veins of leaf blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect, often flexuous in distal part, branched in distal 2/3, occasionally almost from base, 20–60(–70) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity; blade oblong to ovate-oblong, sometimes broadly lanceolate or panduriform, contracted near middle or proximally, 4–10(–15) × (2–)3–5 cm, less than 4 times as long as wide, base normally truncate or weakly cordate, occasionally rounded, margins entire, flat or undulate, rarely slightly crisped, apex obtuse or subacute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, occupying distal 2/3 of stem or more, usually lax and interrupted, broadly paniculate, branches usually divaricately spreading, forming angle of 60–90° with 1st-order stem. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated in proximal 1/3 or occasionally near middle, thickened, not filiform, 2–5(–6) mm, articulation distinctly swollen. <b>Flowers</b> 10–20 in rather dense whorls; inner tepals ovate-triangular, deltoid, or oblong-deltoid, 3–6 × 2–3 mm (excluding teeth), normally ca. 1.5 times as long as wide, base truncate, margins usually distinctly dentate, rarely subentire, apex obtuse to subacute, straight, teeth 2–5(–9), normally on margins at each side, narrowly triangular, 0.3–2.5 mm, longer or shorter than width of inner tepals; tubercles (1–)3, equal or unequal, usually verrucose (warty). <b>Achenes</b> dark reddish brown to almost black, 2–2.8 × 1.3–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, roadsides, shores, fields, meadows, moist to dry habitats
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;s;w Europe;sw Asia;n Africa;introduced elsewhere.
|discussion=<p><i>Rumex pulcher</i> is an extremely polymorphic species consisting of five or six more or less distinct subspecies (K. H. Rechinger 1949, 1964). Three of these were reported by Rechinger (1937) from North America: subsp. pulcher; <i></i>subsp.<i> woodsii</i> (De Not.) Arcangeli [= <i>Rumex</i> divaricatus Linnaeus]; and subsp. anodontus (Haussknecht) Rechinger f. Judging from herbarium specimens, <i></i>subsp.<i> woodsii</i> seems to be the most common. However, J. E. Dawson (1979) noted that many North American specimens cannot easily be assigned to any subspecies.</p><!--
--><p>Some records require confirmation, especially from the midwestern states, since <i>Rumex pulcher</i> often is confused with other species with dentate inner tepals. Records from Colorado (H. D. Harrington 1954) belong to <i>R. stenophyllus</i> (W. A. Weber and R. C. Wittmann 1992).</p>
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name=Rumex pulcher
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, roadsides, shores, fields, meadows, moist to dry habitats
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;s;w Europe;sw Asia;n Africa;introduced elsewhere.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Rumex
|species=Rumex pulcher
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