Family - Polygonaceae

Stems - No info. yet.

Stem at a node.

Leaves - No info. yet.

Young plant in the spring.

Inflorescence - No info. yet.

Portion of inflorescence.

Flowers - No info. yet.

Fruit close-up.

Flowering - April - June.

Habitat - Fields, gardens, waste ground, disturbed sites, damp woods, gravel bars, roadsides, railroads.

Origin - Native to Europe.

Other info. - This big species can be found scattered throughout Missouri. The plant is rather large but not quite as stout as the related R. crispus L.
R. obtusifolius can be easily identified in the field because of it big cordate leaves, which have crisped margins. Often, the veins of the lower leaves are red.

Photographs taken in Vale, NC., 3-15-03, and at Pultite Spring, MO., 6-27-04.