- English Common Name
- Aegean Dock
- Scientific name
- Rumex dentatus subsp. nipponicus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Caryophyllales, Family: Polygonaceae
- Size
- Up to 50 cm in height
- Species Distribution
- Within Japan, it can be found near Kanto, Kyushu, Okinawa, and Shikoku. Outside of Japan, the distribution includes areas such as the China and the Korean Peninsula.
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- It is not known whether this species is native or introduced. It is closely related to Rumex japonicas and R. obtusifolius. This species grows in dry fields next to water.
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- Updated November 2018
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