Rumex pulcher; Sch鰊er Ampfer; Rumex pulcher (alte Namen) -- Familie Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse (Polygonaceae); Sch鰊er Ampfer; Rumex pulcher L.; sch鰊er Ampfer; Ampfer; Rumex; ist eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse; Polygonaceae.; Rumex pulcher - old Names; Family Polygonaceae; Rumex pulcher L.; 1. also fiddle dock; 1. Rumex pulcher; is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common name fiddle dock. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa and it can be found elsewhere; including parts of North America; as an introduced species and a roadside weed.; 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.