Rumex scutatus
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Polygonaceae›Rumex›Rumex scutatus
Ecology
A perennial herb with a woody base, found as a naturalised garden escape on roadsides, railway banks, old walls and waste ground. Lowland.
Status
Neophyte
Trends
This species was being cultivated in British gardens by 1596 and is grown for its mildly acidic leaves. It was recorded from the wild by c. 1800 (Glams.), and was apparently long naturalised at Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh (Midlothian) and Aberdour Old Castle (Fife).
World Distribution
Native of C. & S. Europe, N. Africa and W. Asia.
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JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000003779
Atlas text references
Jalas & Suominen (1979)
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1981. Docks and knotweeds of the British Isles. Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbook no. 3.
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1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 1. 2 vols.