Seeds and leaves. Photo: Chris Lindorff, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

Seeding stem. Photo: Chris Lindorff, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

Seeds on stem. Photo: Russell Best, Lake Wallawalla, Vic

Seeds, leaves, and stem. Photo: Russell Best, Lake Wallawalla, Vic

Old plant. Photo: Chris Lindorff, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

Common Name

Glistening Dock,  Shiny Dock, Bristly Dock

Family

Polygonaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 55cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, with a sheath at the base, sometimes with rounded basal lobes, 2-15cm long, 2-10mm wide, flat, hairless, lower surface warty, often lobed at the base, with pointed tips. Flowers often small (less than 3mm across), with 6 'petals', in whorls of 12-25 flowers at the bases of the leaves. Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo (page 235) and line drawing of fruiting body (Fig. 43d page 235) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

PlantNET description with line drawing:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rumex~crystallinus