What did you do in the garden today?

Thank you so much. My husband told me it was a weed and I thought it was horseradish. hahaha we were both wrong. lol
Well it is listed as a weed . There is a much larger member of the dock family that I pick . It is not bitter . It could even be sorrel . Never did a good identification .
 
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Scientific Name Rumex crispus L.
Other Names sour dock, yellow dock
Life Cycle perennial
General Description Perennial with large, narrow wavy leaves in a basal rosette with a sparsely leaved flowering stem.
Seedlings Cotyledons are hairless and ovate at the ends of long, ridged petioles. Young leaves form a basal rosette and have red speckling.
True Leaves and Stem Stems are smooth, ridged, and often red. Leaves are alternate and have an ochrea. Large mature leaves have wavy margins and very long and rounded.
Roots taproot
Flower and Fruit Flowers in clusters on the​
 
curlydock1.jpg

curlydock1.jpg
Scientific Name Rumex crispus L.
Other Names sour dock, yellow dock
Life Cycle perennial
General Description Perennial with large, narrow wavy leaves in a basal rosette with a sparsely leaved flowering stem.
Seedlings Cotyledons are hairless and ovate at the ends of long, ridged petioles. Young leaves form a basal rosette and have red speckling.
True Leaves and Stem Stems are smooth, ridged, and often red. Leaves are alternate and have an ochrea. Large mature leaves have wavy margins and very long and rounded.
Roots taproot
Flower and Fruit Flowers in clusters on the​
Thank you so much for sharing this with me.
 

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