Rumex hastatulus

Rumex hastatulus
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Polygonales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Rumex
Species:	R. hastatulus
Binomial name
Rumex hastatulus Baldw.
Natural range of Rumex hastatulus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: heartwing sorrel

Description

A description of Rumex hastatulus is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

R. hastatulus can be found in shortleaf pine-oak forests, back sides of foredunes, scrub edges, under magnolia islands in sand dune communities, sandy areas of upland mixed forests, mesic woodlands, rocky open woods, thickets, granite outcrops, upland sandhill pond basins (FSU Herbarium). It can also occur along roadsides, roadside depressions, recently tilled roadsides, lawns, open fields, recently cleared areas, swampy woodland clearings, cleared creek bottoms, sandy fallow fields, old biocontrol plots, and areas of frequently disturbed soils (FSU Herbarium). Soils include sand, sandy loam, and loamy sand (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include Liatris, Panicum, Leptoloma cognatum, Trifolium, Vicia, Linaria, Cerastium and Viola (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits in April (FSU Herbarium).

Use by animals

Heavily grazed by deer (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.