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|accepted_name=Rumex venosus
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=2: 733. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|common_names=Veined or veiny dock;wild-begonia;rumex veine
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Axillares;Rumex venosus
|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. Axillares]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex venosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 491
|treatment_page=page 505
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, glabrous or nearly so, with creeping rhizomes. <b>Stems</b> ascending or, rarely, erect, usually producing axillary shoots near base, (10–)15–30(–40) cm. <b>Leaf</b> blades ovate-elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, (2–)4–12(–15) × 1–5(–6) cm, subcoriaceous, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, margins entire, flat or slightly undulate, apex acute or acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary, usually occupying distal 2/3 of stem/shoot, usually dense, or interrupted in proximal part, broadly paniculate. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated near middle, filiform or slightly thickened, (8–)10–16 mm, articulation distinct, slightly swollen. <b>Flowers</b> 5–15 in whorls; inner tepals distinctly double-reticulately veined, orbiculate or reniform-orbiculate, 13–18(–20) × (20–)23–30 mm, base deeply emarginate or cordate, margins entire, apex rounded, obtuse, rarely subacute, with short, broadly triangular tip; tubercles absent, occasionally very small. <b>Achenes</b> brown or dark brown, 5–7 × 4–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sand dunes, sandy and gravelly riverbanks and slopes, deserts, grasslands 200-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Rumex venosus</i> is a distinctive species rarely confused with any other members of the genus. However, I have seen herbarium specimens of it misidentified as <i>R. hymenosepalus</i>, and vice versa.</p>
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name=Rumex venosus
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sand dunes, sandy and gravelly riverbanks and slopes, deserts, grasslands 200-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1813
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1034.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Axillares
|species=Rumex venosus
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