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Rumex obtusifolius (Bitter Dock)

Synonyms: Acetosa oblongifolia; Rumex megalophyllus; Rumex obtusifolius agrestis; Rumex obtusifolius f. pseudoagrestis; Rumex obtusifolius transiens

Wikipedia Abstract

Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, bluntleaf dock, dock leaf or butter dock, is a perennial weed in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world such as Australia and New Zealand.
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Infraspecies

Rumex obtusifolius obtusifolius (Bitter Dock)
Rumex obtusifolius subalpinus
Rumex obtusifolius sylvestris
Rumex obtusifolius transiens
Rumex obtusifolius var. concolor

Predators

Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch)[1]
Lindtneria leucobryophila[1]
Phomopsis durandiana[1]
Plagiostoma devexum[1]
Steccherinum fimbriatum[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia phragmitis[1]
Ramularia rubella[1]
Uromyces rumicis[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0