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hairy ruellia
Acanthaceae

hairy ruellia

Ruellia humilis Nutt.

Ruellia humilis is a native eastern US flowering ornamental plant in the Acanthaceae family that resembles petunias.

stalked ruellia
Acanthaceae

stalked ruellia

Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ex A.Gray

Ruellia pedunculata, the stalked wild petunia, is a blue/violet-flowered wild petunia native to the southeastern US.

Prostrate Wild Petunia
Acanthaceae

Prostrate Wild Petunia

Ruellia prostrata Poir.

Ruellia prostrata Poir. is a perennial flowering herb or small shrub with documented antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Mexican Ruellia
Acanthaceae

Mexican Ruellia

Ruellia simplex C.Wright

Ruellia simplex is an evergreen perennial ornamental plant native to parts of South America and the Caribbean that has become invasive in some regions outside its native range.

smooth ruellia
Acanthaceae

smooth ruellia

Ruellia strepens L.

Ruellia strepens L. is a herbaceous flowering plant native to the central and eastern United States with lavender to bluish flowers.

Popping Pod
Acanthaceae

Popping Pod

Ruellia tuberosa L.

Ruellia tuberosa L. is a small biennial plant with violet flowers, common names from popping dry pods, and uses in traditional medicine and dye.

Common Sorrel
Polygonaceae

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa L.

Rumex acetosa L., common sorrel, is a perennial Eurasian herb widely cultivated for its tangy edible leaves.

Sheep's sorrel
Polygonaceae

Sheep's sorrel

Rumex acetosella L.

Rumex acetosella L. (sheep sorrel) is a perennial dioecious herb native to Eurasia, with edible sour leaves and oxalate content.

Monk's-rhubarb
Polygonaceae

Monk's-rhubarb

Rumex alpinus L.

Rumex alpinus L. (monk's-rhubarb) is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe and Western Asia.

tall dock
Polygonaceae

tall dock

Rumex altissimus Wood

Pale dock (Rumex altissimus) is a widespread wind-pollinated perennial flowering plant native to North America.

Scottish Dock
Polygonaceae

Scottish Dock

Rumex aquaticus L.

Rumex aquaticus is a tall waterside hermaphroditic plant native to temperate Eurasia, pollinated by wind.

maiden sorrel
Polygonaceae

maiden sorrel

Rumex arifolius All.

Rumex arifolius All., also called maiden sorrel, is a flowering plant native to southern Europe and parts of northern temperate Asia.

Greater Water Dock
Polygonaceae

Greater Water Dock

Rumex britannica L.

Rumex britannica is a North American native perennial wetland buckwheat used medicinally by Native Americans.

Horned Dock
Polygonaceae

Horned Dock

Rumex bucephalophorus L.

Rumex bucephalophorus is an edible red-flowered dock found on sandy rocky coasts of Europe and North Africa, with high leaf oxalic acid content.

Russian Dock
Polygonaceae

Russian Dock

Rumex confertus Willd.

Rumex confertus, or Armenian dock, is a fast-growing flowering Polygonaceae species common in Central and Eastern Europe.

Clustered Dock
Polygonaceae

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus Murray

Rumex conglomeratus, clustered or sharp dock, is an annual/biennial Polygonaceae native to Eurasia and North Africa, introduced to North America.

curled dock
Polygonaceae

curled dock

Rumex crispus L.

Rumex crispus L. (curly dock) is a Eurasian dock, often invasive, with documented culinary and medicinal uses.

Hastate-leaved dock
Polygonaceae

Hastate-leaved dock

Rumex hastatulus Baldwin ex Elliott

Rumex hastatulus is a dioecious edible-in-small-doses North American herb studied for its unique sex determination system.

Water Dock
Polygonaceae

Water Dock

Rumex hydrolapathum (Scop.) Huds.

Great water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum) is a tall perennial European and western Asian water-edge plant that supports the large copper butterfly.

Canaigre Dock
Polygonaceae

Canaigre Dock

Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.

Rumex hymenosepalus is a tannin-producing perennial desert flowering plant native to southwestern North America.

Lapland mountain sorrel
Polygonaceae

Lapland mountain sorrel

Rumex lapponicus (Hiitonen) Czernov

Rumex lapponicus is a herbaceous perennial dioecious dock listed as a noxious weed in Arkansas, found across northern North America and North Eurasia.

Northern Dock
Polygonaceae

Northern Dock

Rumex longifolius DC.

Rumex longifolius DC. is a perennial flowering herb in the Polygonaceae family native to Europe and Western and Central Asia.

Canary Island Sorrel
Polygonaceae

Canary Island Sorrel

Rumex lunaria L.

Rumex lunaria is a Canary Islands-native flowering plant in Polygonaceae, introduced to parts of Italy and Mediterranean islands, first described by Linnaeus.

Golden Dock
Polygonaceae

Golden Dock

Rumex maritimus L.

Rumex maritimus L. is a plant species with noted distribution, conservation status, and traditional medicinal and food uses.

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