Broadleaf Dock

Broadleaf Dock

Rumex obtusifolius L.

Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family)

▲ mid-spring rosette

▲ ▼ flowering plants

▲ stems showing ochrea (sheaths around stem at bases of leaves)

Docks:

simple perennial, rosette-forming, large tap-rooted weeds
usually found in pastures, range, abandoned fields; some in lawns
usually controlled by tillage or by post-emergent herbicides
inflorescence is a tall stem with terminal spikes of green flowers which mature to brownish seeds
broadleaf dock: similar to curly dock, but with much wider, longer leaves