Curly Dock, Sour Dock
Rumex crispus
Synonyms: Lapathum crispum, Rumex crispus ssp. crispus
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the winged fruits of curly dock. Note the netted pattern of veins on the deltate- or triangular-shaped wings. Photographed along Crab Creek in central Washington..........June 22, 2006. The photo at right shows a close-up of the winged fruits within the inflorescence of curly
dock. Photographed at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge........July 7, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of a stem leaf of curly dock. Note the very wavy leaf margin, a characteristic of this species. Photographed along Crab Creek in central Washington.........June 22, 2006.
Curly dock as seen along the Grande Ronde River in Asotin County, WA........May 21, 2010.
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Additional close-up photos of curly dock as seen along Ramsey Canyon Road to the south of Condon, OR........June 30, 2010.
The photo above shows a close-up of the winged fruits of curly
dock. Photographed along the North Fork Crooked River at Deep Creek Campground, Ochoco National Forest........September 23, 2023.
Paul Slichter