Rumex pulcher
Sp. Pl. 1: 336. 1753
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
Rumex pulcher 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>subsp.<i> woodsii (De Not.) Arcangeli [= Rumex divaricatus Linnaeus]; and subsp. anodontus (Haussknecht) Rechinger f. Judging from herbarium specimens, </i>subsp.<i> woodsii seems to be the most common. However, J. E. Dawson (1979) noted that many North American specimens cannot easily be assigned to any subspecies.
Some records require confirmation, especially from the midwestern states, since Rumex pulcher often is confused with other species with dentate inner tepals. Records from Colorado (H. D. Harrington 1954) belong to R. stenophyllus (W. A. Weber and R. C. Wittmann 1992).
References
None.
Lower Taxa
Author | Sergei L. Mosyakin + |
Authority | Linnaeus + |
Common name | Fiddle dock + |
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 + and introduced elsewhere. + |
Elevation | 0-1500 m + |
Habitat | Waste places, roadsides, shores, fields, meadows, moist to dry habitats + |
Illustrator | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey + |
Introduced | true + |
Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. + |
Publication title | Sp. Pl. + |
Publication year | 1753 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V5/V5 1078.xml + |
Synonyms | Rumex sect. Simplices + |
Taxon family | Polygonaceae + |
Taxon name | Rumex pulcher + |
Taxon parent | Rumex sect. Rumex + |
Taxon rank | species + |
Volume | Volume 5 + |