Rumex pulcher, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 87

42. R. pulcher L. , Sp. Pl. 336 (1753) .

Perennial 20-60 cm. Plant often papillose. Basal leaves small, fleshy, about twice as long as wide, cordate at base. Panicle open; branches flexuous, often entangled or arcuate; whorls all remote and subtended by a leaf. Pedicels thick, shorter than to as long as the valve, jointed near or slightly below the middle, scarcely deciduous. Valves thick, coarsely foveolate-rugose, very variable in size and outline. Mainly ruderal. S. & W. Europe, extending to Hungary and N. Romania. Al Az BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu [Au Da Hb He Su].

1 Valves entire, or with teeth up to 0-5 mm near the base; branches arcuate-divaricate; leaves seldom panduriform

(c) subsp. anodontus 1 Valves with several teeth on each side; teeth more than 0-5 mm

2 Valves suborbicular or ovate-triangular, broadly acuminate at apex; teeth short, up to 8 on each side; usually 3 meshes of venation on each side of the tubercle; branches arcuate-divaricate; leaves seldom panduriform (b) subsp. divaricates 2 ValvesnarrowlyovateoroblongwithUngulateapex; teeth oblong, few on each side near the base; one or two meshes of venation on each side of the tubercle; branches angular-flexuous, often intricate; leaves usually panduriform

3 Valves4- 5-5mm; teeth1- 2 mm, 4 oneach side

(a) subsp. pulcher 3 Valves6 mm; teeth3- 4 mm, 5- 6 on each side (d) subsp.raulinii