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3 unusual facts about Rumex


Docker, Cumbria

Diana Whalley 2006 'A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names', English Place Name Society, has this name as either place-name 'the shieling at the hollow' or 'the shieling where the plant called dock grows', or a personal name which "may have been a link with the family traced in Parker 1918" (Parker CA 'A pedigree of the family of Docker'. CW2 18, 161-73).

Gastrophysa viridula

They are found in heathlands, forests, meadows, and gardens with the presence of plant dock (Rumex), the beetles' food plant.

Nahal Poleg

Flora in the reserve includes a coastal variety of Boxthorn, Ephedra aphylla, Calicotome villosa, the endemic Rumex rothschildianus, Iris atropurpurea, Lupin, and Tulipa agenensis sharonensis.


Clepsis rurinana

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including of Urtica, Chelidonium, Convolvulus, Euphorbia, Rumex, Aconitum, Lilium, Anthriscus, Aster, Rosa, Lonicera xylosteum, Acer and Quercus.

Cnephasia communana

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Glebionis segetum, Lotus, Vicia faba, Plantago and Rumex

Danthonia compressa

It is a common grass on grassy balds in the southern Appalachians, where it occurs with redtop (Agrostis alba), timothy (Phleum pratense), Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa), Kentucky bluegrass (P. pratensis), red fescue (Festuca rubra), five-fingers (Potentilla canadensis), and sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella).

Diarsia brunnea

The larvae feed on a wide range of herbaceous plants and shrubs, including Rumex species (including Rumex acetosella), Dryopteris filix-mas, Luzula sylvatica, Deschampsia flexuosa, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Prunus spinosa, Primula, Rubus, Urtica, Salix and Betula.

Elophos caelibaria

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Saxifraga, Plantago, Rumex and Campanula species.

Feltia jaculifera

The larvae feed upon more than forty different species of plants including but not limited to; Alfalfa, Aster, Blueberry, Chickweed, Clover, Corn, Dock, Flax, Goldenrod, miscellaneous garden vegetables, Grasses, Mullein, Oats, Raspberry, Rye, Tobacco, and Wheat.

Ferdinand Paul Wirtgen

His work consisted of studies in the fields of floristics, phytogeography and plant systematics, of which he conducted systematic investigations of ferns and also plants from the genera Verbascum, Rubus, Salix, Rumex, Mentha, Rosa, Carex and Epilobium.

Merophyas divulsana

The larvae are considered a pest on various crops and herbaceous garden plants, including Medicago sativa, Daucus carota, Lactuca sativa, Lonicera japonica, Sclerolaena muricata, Pelargonium x zonale, Mentha spicata and Rumex species.

Perigrapha i-cinctum

The larvae feed on the leaves of various plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Fragaria, Stellaria, Lamium, Centaurea, Pulsatilla and Taraxacum species.

Rumex venosus

Rumex venosus is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common names veiny dock, winged dock, and wild-begonia (it is not related to genus Begonia).


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