Rumex spp. is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is critical. Also known as Docks, Curled Dock and Broad-Leaved Dock.
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Kidney Failure Tremors Drooling Weakness Depression Recumbency Coma
The color of each symptom follows the severity scale above.
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are common perennial herbs with a worldwide native distribution in temperate and subtropical climates.
Also recorded as Dock, docks and sorrels and sorrel.
Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.