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Found early in the morning (7am) on September 22, 2017. Chilly weather (about 9 degrees), cloudy, slightly windy. Plant (Rumex crispus) found on a slight hill west of the UofL stadium in a grassy, unmowed, native area. Plant was found alone, without other members of the same species. Around 20cm tall, dark red in colour, with some variation - leaves slightly darker than the bulbs (seeds) within the leaves. Alternating branches/clusters along main stem of plant. Clusters contains many (50+) small (about 1 cm long and wide) oval leaves wrapped around a small oval bead-like bulb (seed). Seeds came out of the base of the leaves and connected the the thin branch that presented the leaves. The leaves appeared vein-y or slightly bumpy to touchClusters were located on the tips of thin, curved branches all coming out of a several central locations on each extending branch. Stem was smooth (with vertical lines along) and the rest was fairly bumpy. The plants main stem was quite straight (upwards), while other extending branches had some curve to them, but mostly still appeared straight up. There were extending branches near the base of the plant, as well as near the middle and top of the plant. A long section near the base (about 7cm) had no extending branches along the stem. The plant almost had an appearance that looked like mini popcorn on a stick from a far. There were about 5 extending branches with the leaves and seeds off of the main stem. The plant was one of the few plants that were observed in this general location - it was very noticeable from a far because of its bright colour and height compared to the unmoved native grass.
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: R. crispus