Rumex britannica Linnaeus. Section: Rumex. Common name: Great Water Dock. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Jun-Aug. Habitat: Marshes. Distribution: NL west to NU, south to s. NJ, PA, KY, IL, IA, NE. The specimen reported for VA as R. orbiculatus Gray (R. britannica of FNA) in Castanea 42:261 (1977) has subsequently been annotated to R. obtusifolius; no valid collections of R. britannica are known for VA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA5, Il, K4, NE, Pa; > Rumex orbiculatus A.Gray — C, F, G, Mi, W; > Rumex orbiculatus A.Gray var. borealis; > Rumex orbiculatus A.Gray var. orbiculatus. Basionym: Rumex britannica L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Rumex britannica - FNA5
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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