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Wiry Dock - native (Rumex dumosus)

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Family: Polygonaceae (Dock, Persicaria family).

Native of Australia.

Occurrence: A widespread and fairly common dock on basalt and alluvial plains.

Identification:

The wiry branched habit, the triangular fruit, and the (usually) leafless flower clusters are distinctive. Other docks with triangular, toothed fruit are sparsely branched.. Other much-branched docks have leafy flower clusters and rounded fruit.


Photos: Above R: Branch of Wiry Dock. The flower clusters are almost leafless, the fruit are triangular, and it is a much-branched dock. Castlemaine. Below: Close-up of flower clusters.

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