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Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius)

Dlium Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius)

Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species of plant in the Polygonaceae, herbaceous perennial, growing broadly, up to 150 cm tall, large, oval-shaped leaves with a heart-shaped base and rounded tip, large taproot with many branches extending to a depth of 150 cm.

R. obtusifolius has leaves up to 30 cm long, 15 cm wide and green. Stems are long, hard, alternate, green or reddish in color and unbranched until just below the inflorescence. A main vein in the middle and green or reddish in color. Flat or wavy surface.



This plant grows in fertile soils, grasslands, waste lands, roadsides, ditches, coastlines and riverbanks, forest margins, forest clearing and agricultural land. The leaves are used as a salad to make vegetable broth or cooked like spinach. Dried seeds are used as a spice.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Tribe: Rumiceae
Genus: Rumex L. in Sp. Pl.: 333 (1753)
Subgenus: Rumex
Species: Rumex obtusifolius L. in Sp. Pl.: 335 (1753)
Subspecies: Rumex obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius, Rumex obtusifolius subsp. subalpinus (Schur) Čelak., Rumex obtusifolius subsp. sylvestris (Lam.) Čelak., Rumex obtusifolius subsp. transiens (Simonk.) Rech.f.

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Acetosa obtusifolia (L.) M.Gómez in Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 277 (1896)
Lapathum obtusifolium (L.) Moench in Methodus: 356 (1794)
Rumex obtusifolius var. concolor Wallr. in Sched. Crit.: 167 (1822)

PUBLICATIONS

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Agnola, P., Chambrin, L., Saboureau, F. & Lebouvier, M. (2026). Atlas de la Flore des Terres australes Françaises: 1-415. Biotope / MNHN.

Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Broughton, D.A. & McAdam, J.H. (2002). The non-native vascular flora of the Falkland islands. Botanical Journal of Scotland 54: 153-190.

Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Garcillán, P.P. & al. (2013). Plantas no nativas naturalizadas de la península de Baja California, México. Botanical Sciences 91: 461-475.

Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.

Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.

Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.

Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rasteniĭ Respublika Altaĭ: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.

Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist.

Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.

Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.

Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Nong, S.Y. & al. (2023). Supplements to checklist of vascular plants of Guangxi, China (VII). Guihaia 43: 2224-2233.

Park, C.W. (ed.) (2018). Flora of Korea 3: 1-131. National Institute of Biological Resources.

Rechinger, K.H. & Schiman-Czeika, H. (1968). Flora Iranica 56: 1-88. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

Sauerbier, H., Cabrera Calixto, F. & Muer, T. (2023). Flora Vascular de Canarias: 1-1514. Turquesa.

Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.

Sheremetova, S.A., Ebel, A.L. & Buko, T.E. (2011). Supplement to the flora of Kemerovo region since 2001 till 2010. Turczaninowia 14(1): 65-74.

Skvortsov, A.K. (2011). Zametka o dvukh sredneaziatskich topolyakh. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 195: 32-37.

Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Takahashi, H. (2024). Plants of Sakhalin island: 1-791. Hokkaido University Press.

Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: حماض عريض الأوراق - حماض مر - حماض بري - حماض البراري - حماض البقر
Assamese: Jangali chuka
Asturian: Carbaza
Belarusian: Шчаўе тупалістае
Bengali: অম্বাবতী Ambabati
Bulgarian: Тъполистен лапад
Burmese: ဂျာဝမ် ကိုတေး Gyawan kote
Catalan: llengua bovina
Chinese (simplified): 大羊蹄 - 钝叶酸模 - 钝叶酸模
Chinese (traditional): 大羊蹄
Czech: Šťovík tupolistý
Danish: Butbladet skræppe
Dutch: Ridderzuring
English: Broad-leaved dock, Bitter dock, Broadleaf dock, Bluntleaf dock, Dock leaf, Dockens, Butter dock
Estonian: Tömbilehine oblikas
Faroese: Kubbut hømilia
Finnish: Tylppälehtihierakka, Tylppöhierakka
French: Oseille à feuilles obtuses, Patience à feuilles obtuses, Patience sauvage, Parelle à feuilles obtuses, Rumex à feuilles obtuses
Galician: Labaza de folla larga
German: Stumpfblättriger Ampfer
Greek: Λάπαθο το Αμβλύφυλλο
Hindi: अंबावती - अमरूले - अंबावाह Ambaavatee, Amaroole, Ambaavaah
Hungarian: Réti lórom
Indonesia: Jungkot
Irish: Copóg shráide
Italian: Romice comune
Japanese: エゾノギシギシ - アメリカギシギシ
Java: Jungkot
Khmer: ជូ ង កៅ Chou ng kaut
Korean: 돌소리쟁이
Lao: ຊ້າງອົກ Chang okhd
Lithuanian: Bukalapė rūgštynė
Malaysia: Jungkot
Nepali: बान पाटे - बान पालुङ्गो Ban Pate, Ban Palungo
Norwegian: Byhøymol
Pashto: امباوتي Ambawati
Polish: Szczaw tępolistny
Portuguese: Língua-de-vaca
Russian: Щавель туполистный
Sanskrit: Changeri
Sinhala: අම්බාවතී Ambavati
Slovak: štiavec tupolistý
Slovenian: Topolistna kislica
Spanish: Acedera, Lengua de vaca
Swedish: Slät tomtskräppa, Tomtskräppa
Tamil: அம்பாவதி Ampavati
Thai: จองโกต
Turkish: Küt Yapraklı Labada
Ukrainian: Щавель туполистий
Urdu: امباؤٹی Ambauti

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