− | Rumex roseus, Linn. One to 2 ft., with spreading and branched sts., glabrous and somewhat glaucous: lvs. small, deltoid-ovate, entire, short-pointed, truncate-cuneate or almost cordate at base: racemes short and leafless or nearly so, the pedicels drooping in fr.: valves cordate-orbicular, 1/2-3/4in. across, thin, rosy-veined, without callosities. Egypt to Persia.— Rarely cult. as an ornamental for its showy fruiting calices. | + | Rumex roseus, Linn. One to 2 ft., with spreading and branched sts., glabrous and somewhat glaucous: lvs. small, deltoid-ovate, entire, short-pointed, truncate-cuneate or almost cordate at base: racemes short and leafless or nearly so, the pedicels drooping in fr.: valves cordate-orbicular, 1/2-3/4in. across, thin, rosy-veined, without callosities. Egypt to Persia. Rarely cult. as an ornamental for its showy fruiting calices. |