Rumex crispus L.

Spice Fruit Leaf In the field

Family: POLYGONACEAE

Genus: Rumex

Catalan common name: Arengada de porc. Llengua de bou. Paradella crespa. Remeneguera. Roma. Romarill.

Spanish common name: Romaza crespa.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: A herb with long, large leaves, up to 30 cm, with a wavy margin. When it forms the inflorescence the plant may reach one metre in height, with many, small flowers. Like in all the species of the Rumex genus, the morphology of the fruit is very characteristic, in this case they have a heart shape with a granule at the bottom. It lives in moist places, sometimes near torrents (dry river beds). It flowers at the end of spring and at the beginning of summer.