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§1 Plant

Rumex orbiculatus A. Gray var. borealis Rech. f.

vernacular greater water dock — variety · Polygonaceae


USDA
RUORB
GBIF
4271180
Rank
variety
greater water dock (Rumex orbiculatus var. borealis)
Platephotograph · Rob RoutledgeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Polygonaceae Juss.
Genus
Rumex
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 31 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 31 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 31 counties across 4 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RUORB ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4271180 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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