Rumex utahensis

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'''''Rumex utahensis''''' is a flowering plant species in the family Polygonaceae. The common name for this species is '''Utah dock.''' It is a dicot, perennial herb that is native to the United States, growing only in the West.

==Description== ''Rumex utahensis'' is a dicot, perennial, hairless herb with stems that erect and commonly produce axillary shoots below proximal inflorescence. The blades of the leaves are linear to lanceolate, which are 6-15 cm and 2-3 cm wide.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060805|title=Rumex utahensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> The pedicels are usually coupled near base, thread-like but thickened distally and joints are evidently swollen.<ref name=":0" /> Flowers are 10-25 in whorls with inner perianth lobes that are 2.5-3 mm × 2.5-3 mm wide. The base of the tepals are truncate. The achenes or fruit of the plant are dark reddish-brown or almost black.<ref name=":0" />

==Distribution== ''Rumex utahensis'' occurs in the Western United States: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=92932&flora_id=1|title=Map: Rumex utahensis|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref> It can be found distributed in rivers, streams, wet meadows and rocky slopes. ''Rumex utahensis'' typically grows in late spring-summer.<ref name=":0" />

==Uses== There are currently no uses.

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