Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Rumex altissimus Wood

Family: Polygonaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Rumex brittanicus Meisn., non L., Rumex ellipticus Greene

Common names:

Dock (1893) (21)

Pale dock (1897-Present) (3, 4, 5, 50, 145, 156)

Peach-leaf dock [Peachleaf dock, Peach-leaved dock] (1899-1936) (5, 80, 93, 122, 131, 156)

Smooth dock (1913, IA) (80)

Taku šašala hu ijececa (1918?-1970?, Lakota, smartweed-like plant) (121)

Tall dock (1913-1936, Neb ) (5, 93, 156)

Water dock (1879) (46, 121)

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