About this episode
Petey Mesquitey discusses the dock plant and its ethnobotanical significance, referencing research and resources for further exploration.
I was wondering if I talk about dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) every spring, so I looked though my notes. Well, not every spring, but almost. If you’re interested in Rumex in an ethnobotanical sorta way, here is a good place to start your research: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by Wendy Hodgson. The photos are mine. I didn’t have a good pic of the red stalk shooting out of the large wavy green leaves, so I recommend the site SEINet for some great photos and more good plant info. Now you know.
People in this episode
Host: Petey Mesquitey
Topics covered
- ethnobotany
- Rumex hymenosepalus
- plant research
- Sonoran Desert flora
- dock
Keywords
- Rumex
- dock
- ethnobotany
- Sonoran Desert
- plant information
- Wendy Hodgson
- SEINet
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert
Places: Sonoran Desert, SEINet
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