Index / Search / Rumex obtusifolius
§1 Plant
Rumex obtusifolius L.
vernacular bitter dock — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rumex
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 456 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 456 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Dallas 05039
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Union 21225
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 76 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Logan 54045
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUOB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2889011 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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