Rumex conglomeratus
Hank sorrel ( Rumex conglomeratus )
The ball - sorrel ( Rumex conglomeratus ), also called Streifwurtz or Knäuelblütiger dock, belongs to the family of the buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ).
Description
The ball - sorrel is a perennial, herbaceous plant, which reaches stature heights of 30 to 80 centimeters, often it is already branched at the base. Its basal leaves are up to 20 cm long and 6 cm wide, rounded at the base or slightly heart-shaped. He has a total inflorescence with numerous, borne by each one lanceolate bract Scheinwirteln that are apart from each other. Valven the 2 to 3 mm in length and each having a large callus.
Location
You can find the ball - dock scattered ( and unstable ) in premolars weed corridors, ditches, banks, and in shock. He loves nitrogen-rich, often moderately base-containing, moist, sandy, muddy or loamy- clayey soils. It is missing in rough positions of the low - and highlands. After Ellenberg he is a light plant, a humidity indicator, an outspoken nitrogen pointer and a Klassencharakterart the Kriechstraußgras lawn or turf flood ( Agrostietea stoloniferae ). He is a pioneer plant and can backfill soils often pull in a short time with large flocks. However, he may be absent even in throughout the country strokes in contrast to broadleaf dock ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and frills dock ( Rumex crispus ).