Rumex tomentellus (Mogollon Dock)
RUMEX OCCIDENTALIS S.WATSON VAR. TOMENTELLUS RECHINGER F.; RUMEX AQUATICUS SSP. TOMENTELLUS (RECHINGER F.) A.LOVE
| USFWS | State of NM | USFS | BLM | Navajo Nation | State Rank | Global Rank | R-E-D Code | NMRPTC Status | Strategy Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH | GH | 3-?-3 | R | SS |
| Overall Conservation Status | Documented Threats | Actions Needed |
|---|---|---|
| WEAKLY CONSERVED | No information |
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Erect herbaceous perennial with tomentose and papillose stems; basal leaves densely tomentose, petiolate, base cordate, tip acute, 25-30 cm long, 7-11 cm wide; valves of the fruit oblong-ovate, rounded at the base, acute to obtuse at the apex. Flowers in July.
No other tall Rumex in New Mexico has a covering of matted woolly hairs.
New Mexico, Catron County, east of Mogollon on Willow Creek.
Presumably stream banks; the type specimen was collected at 2,330 m (7,640 ft).
This species is known only from the type collection made on July 14, 1928. Elevation and the location on the type specimen label are incongruent.
None possible until populations are discovered. Additional field searches are needed to determine range, abundance, habitat, reproduction and other important biological parameters.
*New Mexico Native Plants Protection Advisory Committee. 1984. A handbook of rare and endemic plants of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Rechinger, K.H. 1954. Some new American species of Rumex. Leaflets of Western Botany 7:133-152.
Reveal, J.L. and D.A. Atha. 2010. New combinations and typifications in Bistorta, Persicaria, Polygonum and Rumex (Polygonaceae). Brittonia 62(3):243-263.
Löve, À. 1986. Rumex aquaticus subsp. tomentellus. Taxon 35:612.
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