Rumex hymenosepalus

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Rumex hymenosepalus
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R. hymenosepalus
Binomial name
Rumex hymenosepalus
Synonyms

Rumex arizonicus
Rumex hymenosepalus var. salinus
Rumex salinus
Rumex saxei[1]

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Rumex hymenosepalus, commonly known as canaigre, canaigre dock, ganagra, wild rhubarb, Arizona dock, and tanner's dock,[2] is a perennial flowering plant which is native to the western United States and northern Mexico.

Uses

It has been cultivated in the southwestern United States for the roots, a good source of tannin, which is used in leather tanning. It also yields a warm, medium brown dye.[3] The leaves and leaf stalks are considered edible when young, the older leaf stalks cooked and eaten like rhubarb, which is in the same plant family.[4]

Taxonomy

Rumex hymenosepalus was first described by John Torrey in the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary.[5]

Synonymy

 Rumex arizonicus Britton
 Rumex salinus A. Nelson
 Rumex hymenosepalus var. salinus (A. Nelson) Rech.
 Rumex saxei nom. nudum. UNAM

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  1. Rumex hymenosepalus. Flora of North America.
  2. USDA GRIN taxonomy
  3. Canaigre. drugs.com
  4. American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest, Carolyn Niethammer
  5. Torrey, J. 1859. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary. Botany 2(1): 177–178. 1859.1