Citation: Thunb., Prod. Pl. Cap. 67 (1794).

Synonymy: -Acetosa sagittatus (Thunb.)L. Johnson & B. Briggs, Cont. N.S. W. natn. Herb. 3:166 (1962). , Acetosa sagittata

Common name: Rambling dock.

Description:
Glabrous perennial herb; stems 20-70 cm long, diffuse, ascending or sometimes climbing; lamina of leaves sagittate or hastate with spreading auricles, 3-7-veined, 3-5 X 1.5-3 cm; petioles 2-4 cm long.

Flowers monoecious or dioecious, in an often large and much-branched terminal triangular-pyramidal panicle.

Fruiting perianth orbicular, cordate at the base, membranous, red or yellow, 6-11 mm long, veins forming a conspicuous red reticulation.

Image source: fig. 99m in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Trauseld (1969) Wild flowers of the Natal Drakensberg, p. 78.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, SE.   Naturalised in all States except the N.T. Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: in March (1 record).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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