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Rumex pulcher (Fiddle Dock) |
Rumex pulcher (POLYGONACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Rumex pulcherL.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 336 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Polygonaceae
Juss. (The Dock Family)
19 species from the Polygonaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Fiddle Dock | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Green or Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Mainly ruderal. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Perennial 20-60 cm. Plant often papillose. Basal leaves small, fleshy, about twice as long as wide, usually panduriform, cordate at the base. Panicle open; branches usually divaricate, flexuous, often entangled or arcuate; whorls all remote and subtended by a leaf. Pedicels thick, shorter than to as long as the valves; fruits scarcely deciduous. Valves thick, coarsely foveolate-rugose, variable in outline; at least 1 valve with a large rugose or verrucose tubercle. |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe, extending to Hungary and N. Romania. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Austria and Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A N) AE Ag Al Ar Az(C F G J L M P S T) dBe(B) BH Bl(M) Br Bu Ca(C G H P T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(C F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr dHb(E) He Hs(S) Hu Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Md(D M P) Mk Rf(CS) Rm Sa Sg Si(M S) Sl ?Sn Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [nAu Au(A) nAz(C F G J L M P S T) aBe(B) Ca(C G H P T) aDa aFe nHb nHe aNo Rf(C) Sk aSu] |
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