Rumex skottsbergii
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Rumex skottsbergii, or more commonly known as Lava Dock, is a shrub of the genus Rumex
. It is endemic to Hawaii
, where it is known as . is often one of the first plants to be found on fresh lava
flows and grows in extremely arid conditions.
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae....
. It is endemic to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, where it is known as . is often one of the first plants to be found on fresh lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
flows and grows in extremely arid conditions.