Pale Dock

Pale Dock (Smooth Dock)

Rumex altissimus Wood

Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family)

▲ ▼ young stems

▲ flowering plant

▲ plant at seed stage

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
pale or smooth dock:
- has rosette of light-green, smooth-edged leaves about 1-3" wide and 6-12" long
- has more leaves on flowering stem, usually, compared to curly dock
- produces similar inflorescence to curly dock