Comb-seed Dock
Rumex nepalensis/
R. bequaertii
Weedy herb in a garden plot at Kitale, Kenya, Africa. Oct. 2016.
HERBACEOUS PLANT: An upright to partly decumbent herbaceous plant with several stems. The stems have
longitudinal ridges. Mostly less than 1 m.
FLOWERS: The small green flowers are arrayed in evenly spaced clusters along a slender spike.
LEAVES: Leaves are broadly lance-shaped.
RANGE: This plant is reported in areas from West ot East Africa.
FRUIT: Soon after flowering the seeds develop a margin of hooked appendages.
UNARMED.
