Rumex obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Broad-leaved Dock
• 🇫🇷 Patience à feuilles obtuses, Oseille à feuilles obtuses, Patience sauvage, Parelle à feuilles obtuses, Rumex à feuilles obtuses

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Order: Caryophyllales
• Family: Polygonaceae
• Subfamily: Polygonoideae
• Tribe: Rumiceae
• Genus: Rumex
• Species: Rumex obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Type subspecies whose mature fruits are longer than 5 mm.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• R. obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius L., 1753, P;
• R. obtusifolius subsp. subalpinus (Schur) Čelak., 1871;
• R. obtusifolius subsp. sylvestris (Lam.) Čelak., 1871, M;
• R. obtusifolius nothosubsp. transiens (Simonk.) Rech.f., 1932: subsp. obtusifolius × subsp. sylvestris, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 923). Biotope.