Japanese Dock

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Japanese Dock🌿

Rumex japonicus

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A perennial herb of the Polygonaceae family (genus Rumex) that grows along damp roadsides and rice paddy ridges. Its stems are thick and erect, bearing many small green flowers in spikes.

Identification Points

  • ✓葉は長楕円形で基部はくさび形
  • ✓花は緑色〜淡褐色で穂状
  • ✓果実の翼に小さなこぶ状突起

Habitat

本州・四国・九州の道ばた・畦・草地

Season

5〜8月（花）

3D Specimen Model

Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)

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Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification

Leaf type

Simple

Venation

Pinnate

Petal fusion

Fused

Leaf dissection

Undivided

Flower symmetry

Actinomorphic

Ovary position

Superior

Phylogenetic Positionタデ科 →

Phylogenetic Position

Angiosperms > Eudicots > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae

Divergence Era

Late Cretaceous to Paleogene

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Sources & References

🤖Claude AI

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