Rumex aquaticusL.

Scottish Dock

WFO wfo-0000403540 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. a Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205696960
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203253595
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Daria
fig. c Daria, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201247368
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. d Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196942797
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by iljar
fig. e iljar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161015431
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Евгений Егорейченков
fig. f Евгений Егорейченков, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152853681
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. g Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150980085
Rumex aquaticus, photographed by snaily_naily
fig. h snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143027441

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Native range 58 botanical countries

Regions where Rumex aquaticus is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeQinghaiSakhalinTranscaucasusTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaBritish ColumbiaNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutYukon Korea
Native distribution of Rumex aquaticus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Sakhalin SAK
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
British Columbia BRC
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Yukon YUK

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rumex aquaticus subsp. euaquaticus Rech.f.
  • Rumex aquaticus subsp. insularis Tolm.
  • Rumex arcticus Trautv.
  • Rumex arcticus var. kamtschadalus (Kom.) Rech.f. ex Tolm.
  • Rumex domesticus var. nanus Hook.
  • Rumex kamtschadalus Kom.
  • Rumex longifolius var. nanus (Hook.) Meisn.
  • Rumex protractus Rech.f.
  • Rumex ursinus Maximova

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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