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Botanical details
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Rumex
- Genus description
Rumex can be annuals, biennials or perennials with mostly basal, simple leaves and erect panicles or racemes of small greenish or reddish flowers followed by reddish-brown, triangular fruits
- Name status
Correct
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