Is Rumex crispus a perennial?

Is Rumex crispus a perennial?

Rumex crispus, the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.

Is Rumex poisonous?

This plant has low severity poison characteristics. Rumex is the genus for about 200 species of docks and sorrels, which are annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family. Members of this family are very common with a native almost worldwide distribution.

Is Rumex crispus invasive?

Curly dock (Rumex crispus) is one of the many wild edible invasive plants we have in North America.

Is rumex Crispus toxic to humans?

Abstract. A case of fatal poisoning due to ingestion of the plant Rumex crispus (curled dock) is described. The patient, a 53-year-old male, presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, severe hypocalcemia, metabolic acidosis and acute hepatic insufficiency.

Are Rumex weeds?

Some are nuisance weeds (and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed), but some are grown for their edible leaves. Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, and are the only host plants of Lycaena rubidus….

Is curly dock amaranth?

This plant is not amaranth, it is Rumex Crispus, otherwise known as Curly Dock or Dock Weed. The new leaves of the young plant can be eaten sparingly in a salad, and there are reports that indigenous Americans had varied medicinal uses for extracts of the root.

Is curly dock native to Minnesota?

Curly Dock is the most common and best known of the non-native docks in Minnesota, with strongly crinkly-wavy leaves, tepals up to 6 mm long that are egg-shaped to nearly round and only slightly ragged around the edge, usually 3 grains of unequal size (sometimes only 1 or 2), grains half as long or less as the tepal …

What is rumex Crispus used for?

Rumex crispus has been used for medicinal purposes as a laxative, astringent, rheumatic tonic and to treat blood diseases, skin disease and jaundice. It can also be used for sore throats and coughs (Grieve, 1959 in Cavers & Harper, 1964).