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|accepted_name=Rumex alpinus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 334. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Monk’s-rhubarb;butter or Alpine dock
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Rumex;Rumex alpinus
|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 alpinus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 494
|treatment_page=page 517
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, glabrous or minutely papillose-pubescent, with stout, creeping rhizome. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched above middle, 60–100 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea mostly deciduous or sometimes partially persistent at maturity; blade usually ovate-orbiculate, sometimes orbiculate or broadly ovate, 20–40 × 20–35 cm, base deeply and widely cordate, margins entire, flat or slightly undulate, apex obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, occupying distal 1/2 of stem, rather dense, widely paniculate to fusiform. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated at middle or in proximal 1/3, filiform, 3–9 mm, articulation distinctly swollen. <b>Flowers</b> 10–20 in whorls; inner tepals ovate or ovate-triangular, 4–5(–6) × 3–5 mm, base truncate or slightly cordate, margins entire or subentire, apex obtuse or subobtuse; tubercles absent. <b>Achenes</b> brown to brownish green, 2.5–3.5 × 1–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places: roadsides, old fields and gardens, disturbed meadows
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Maine;Vt.;c;s Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Rumex alpinus</i> belongs to subsect. Alpini Rechinger f. The name <i>R. alpinus</i> has been proposed for nomenclatural conservation (S. Cafferty and S. Snogerup 2000).</p><!--
--><p>This species was first reported from North America in Nova Scotia (M. L. Fernald 1921; K. H. Rechinger 1937). It remains uncommon in the United States and Canada. <i>Rumex alpinus</i> never has been reported as being a serious invasive weed; however, it may persist at a site for a very long time. Previously, the species was cultivated widely, mostly for medicinal and veterinary purposes.</p>
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name=Rumex alpinus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places: roadsides, old fields and gardens, disturbed meadows
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Maine;Vt.;c;s Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1061.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Rumex
|species=Rumex alpinus
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