Rumex crispus; Krauser Ampfer; Rumex crispus (alte Namen) -- Familie Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse (Polygonaceae); Krauser Ampfer; Rumex crispus L.; Rumex crispus; L.; Der Krause Ampfer; Rumex crispus; Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse; Polygonaceae. Sein Name kommt von den am Rand kraus gewellten Laubbl鋞tern.; krauser Ampfer; Ampfer; Rumex; ist eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse; Polygonaceae.; Rumex crispus - old Names; Family Polygonaceae; Rumex crispus L.; 1. also curled dock; curly dock; sour dock; yellow dock; 1. Rumex crispus; Curly Dock or Yellow Dock; is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae; native to Europe and Western Asia.; Rumex; genus of about 200 species of annual; biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Members of this family are very common perennial herbs growing mainly in the northern hemisphere; but various species have been introduced almost everywhere. Some are nuisance weeds; and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed; but some are grown for their edible leaves. Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species.