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|accepted_name=Rumex kerneri
|accepted_authority=Borbás
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|place=60. 1884
|year=1884
}}
|common_names=Kerner’s dock
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex confertoides
|authority=Bihari
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|authority=(Borbás) Akeroyd & D. A. Webb
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Rumex;Rumex kerneri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Rumex subg. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Rumex sect. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex kerneri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 495
|treatment_page=page 521
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, distinctly papillose especially or almost exclusively on veins of leaf blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched from above middle or in distal 2/3, 50–100(–150) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity; blade broadly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, normally 15–25 × 5–9 cm, base truncate or slightly cordate, margins entire, undulate or weakly crisped, occasionally flat, apex acute or attenuate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, occupying distal 1/2–2/3 of stem, normally dense or interrupted near base, broadly paniculate (branches mostly simple or nearly so), branches usually straight or arcuate, rarely indistinctly flexuous. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated near middle, filiform, 6–12 mm, articulation distinctly swollen. <b>Flowers</b> 15–20 in whorls; inner tepals orbiculate, 6–8(–9) × 6–7.5(–8) mm, base usually distinctly cordate, margins entire or subentire near apex, denticulate or dentate near base, apex acute or subacute, teeth to 0.5 mm; tubercle normally 1 (rarely 3, then distinctly unequal), less than 2 times as wide as inner tepals. <b>Achenes</b> dark brown or brown, 2.5–3.3 × 1.8–2.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 80.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Rumex kerneri</i> is known in North America only from California, where it occurs mostly in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It is closely related to and has been regarded as a subspecies of <i>R. cristatus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rumex kerneri
|authority=Borbás
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Rumex confertoides;Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|publication year=1884
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1069.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Rumex
|species=Rumex kerneri
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