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DESCRIPTION:
Curly dock, a perennial broadleaf weed is similar to red sorrel. It
usually grows in wet areas and is frequently associated with overwatering or standing water in
low
areas. A member of the buckwheat family, it has characteristic
jointed stems, a membranous sheath at the leaf base, and usually
swollen
nodes. Succulent cotyledons (seed leaves) are 3 times long as they are broad. Young seedlings vary in color,
from entirely green to red tinged in the cooler months. The mature plant has stout stems and can be 2 to 5
feet (0.6 - 1.5 m) tall. The long, loosely branched
flower cluster
has green flowers that are not showy. The stem dies back in the
fall while a basal rosette of leaves forms. Curly dock can grow
from cuttings of its thick and fleshy taproot. Seeds may be dispersed
by wind and water.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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