Broadleaf Dock

(Rumex obtusifolius)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, single-stemmed perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous from fleshy, yellow taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, simple, flat, margins slightly wavy, upper leaves smaller and more pointed, lower leaves with reddish veins

Flower: Clusters of racemes, terminal, perfect, petals absent, sepals develop into valves or wings of achene fruit

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}