Rumex graminifolius

Rudolph ex Lambert

Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 264, plate 10. 1811.

Common names: Grass-leaved or grassleaf sorrel
Illustrated
Synonyms: Acetosella graminifolia (Rudolph ex Lambert) Á. Löve Rumex acetosella var. graminifolius (Rudolph ex Lambert) Schrenk Rumex angustissimus Ledebour
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 499. Mentioned on page 490, 498, 500.

Plants perennial, glabrous, with creeping rhizomes and elongated underground stolons. Stems erect or ascending, rarely almost prostrate, branched at base and in distal 1/2 (in inflorescence), 7–30 (–40) cm; shoots not crowded, ± elongated. Leaves: ocrea whitish or silvery, membranous; blade normally narrowly linear, or occasionally linear-lanceolate, usually not hastate, rarely some with indistinct basal lobes, 3–10 × 0.1–0.2 (–0.4) cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins entire, flat or occasionally slightly revolute, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, occupying distal 2/3 of stem, usually lax and interrupted to top, paniculate, with branches often reflexed. Pedicels 1–4 mm. Flowers (3–) 4–6 (–8) in whorls; inner tepals distinctly enlarged, normally 2–2.6 × 1.5–2 (–2.2) mm (free wing 0.3–0.5 mm wide), base cuneate, apex obtuse or subacute. Achenes brown or yellowish-brown, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Sandy and gravelly shores and slopes
Elevation: 0-400 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alaska, n Eurasia

Discussion

Records of Rumex graminifolius from Alaska in most cases refer to R. beringensis and R. krausei. The occurrence of typical R. graminifolius in northwestern North America remains uncertain. Some literature records of R. acetosella from northeastern North America (Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland) may refer to R. graminifolius or R. acetosella subsp. arenicola. Rumex graminifolius was reported from Newfoundland also by M. L. Fernald (1950), but that record requires confirmation.

Some plants from northeastern Eurasia (northeastern Russian Far East and northern Siberia) are known in Russian literature as Rumex aureostigmaticus Komarov [Acetosella aureostigmatica (Komarov) Tzvelev], R. acetosella var. subspathulatus Trautvetter, or R. graminifolius var. subspathulatus (Trautvetter) Tolmatchew (see A. I. Tolmachew 1966; N. N. Tzvelev 1989b). They differ from R. graminifolius in having narrower inner tepals and wider spatulate leaves, usually without basal lobes. I have seen only one North American collection approaching this entity. Some specimens (mostly immature or staminate plants) from western Alaska differ from both R. graminifolius and R. beringensis in their habit; they need additional study. Some chromosome counts different from the most typical number (2n = 56) that have been reported for R. graminifolius in the broad sense from northeastern Russian Far East by several Russian authors (see references in Tzvelev) most probably also refer to R. aureostigmaticus. It is also possible that arctic and subarctic plants identified by various authors as R. aureostigmaticus, R. acetosella var. subspathulatus, R. graminifolius var. subspathulatus, and R. acetosella subsp. arenicola belong to one polymorphic complex of plants intermediate between R. acetosella and R. graminifolius.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Rumex graminifolius"
unwinged +  and weakly winged +
yellowish-brown;brown +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
pyramidal +, compressed-3-gonous +  and 3-gonous +
1mm;1.5mm +
yellow +  and brownish yellow +
ovate +  and elongate +
subacute;obtuse;obtuse;acute +
Sergei L. Mosyakin +
Rudolph ex Lambert +
not articulated +
cuneate +
Rumex sect. Acetosella +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
hastate;linear-lanceolate;linear;linear-lanceolate;linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
foliaceous +  and perfoliate +
scale-like +
tuberculate +
just below the soil surface or and above the soil surface +  and spreading +
Grass-leaved or grassleaf sorrel +
Greenland +, Alaska +  and n Eurasia +
0-400 m +
free +  and distinct +
pistillate +  and staminate +
disarticulating +  and solid +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
Sandy and gravelly shores and slopes +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
1.5mm +  and 2mm +
nonmembranous +
cuneate +, unlobed +  and hastate +
deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
revolute +, flat +  and entire +
smaller +
narrower +
swollen +
partly +  and foliaceous +
silvery +  and whitish +
deciduous +  and persistent +
cylindric +
membranous +
anatropous +, , +  and orthotropous +
accrescent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
red;pinkish;red;pinkish;green +
campanulate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
(2-)3(-4)-carpellate +
Trans. Linn. Soc. London +
slender;stout +
not crowded +
elongated +
Illustrated +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
ascending +  and erect +
papillose-pubescent +  and glabrous +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
plumose +  and fimbriate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
elongated +
underground +
distinct +
reflexed;spreading +
spreading;erect +
Acetosella graminifolia +, Rumex acetosella var. graminifolius +  and Rumex angustissimus +
Rumex graminifolius +
Rumex subg. Acetosella +
species +
lobed +  and laciniate +
coriaceous +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
10 +, 9 +, 8 +  and 7 +