Rumex maritimusL.

golden dock

WFO wfo-0000403949 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rumex maritimus, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. a Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-02 / obs. 161065732
Rumex maritimus, photographed by joergmlpts
fig. b joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90546923
Rumex maritimus, photographed by mfeaver
fig. c mfeaver, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49758217
Rumex maritimus, photographed by mfeaver
fig. d mfeaver, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49565750
Rumex maritimus, photographed by Amy Huie
fig. e Amy Huie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19154275
Rumex maritimus, photographed by Jesse Rorabaugh
fig. f Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0 1.0 / obs. 4692125
Rumex maritimus, photographed by mfeaver
fig. g mfeaver, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24500721
Rumex maritimus, photographed by Logan J.L. Bradley
fig. h Logan J.L. Bradley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158215240

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Native range 112 botanical countries

Regions where Rumex maritimus is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Palestine, Primorye, Sakhalin, Transcaucasus, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile South, Ecuador AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina SoutheastChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPalestinePrimoryeSakhalinTranscaucasusWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaAssamBangladeshIndiaMyanmarVietnamAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaAlbertaArizonaArkansasBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMexico NorthwestMichiganMinnesotaMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew MexicoNew YorkNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaOhioOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaTexasUtahVermontWashingtonWisconsinWyomingYukonArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthChile SouthEcuador KoreaDelawareRhode I.
Native distribution of Rumex maritimus, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
Arkansas ARK
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Kansas KAN
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Mexico Northwest MXN
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Missouri MSO
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
Nevada NEV
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Mexico NWM
New York NWY
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Vermont VER
Washington WAS
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
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
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Transcaucasus TCS
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Vietnam VIE
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Chile South CLS
Ecuador ECU

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.

Flowering 82 in flower of 212 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Rumex maritimus observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 82 of 212 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 7 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 8 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.

  • Lapathum minus Lam.
  • Rumex aureus Mill.
  • Rumex fueginus Phil.
  • Rumex longisetus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
  • Rumex maritimus subsp. fueginus (Phil.) Hultén
  • Rumex maritimus subsp. maritimus
  • Rumex maritimus var. fueginus (Phil.) Dusén
  • Rumex maritimus var. maritimus

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.