Buckwheat family
Two common genera
1.smartweed Polygonum
2.curled dock Rumex crispus
Flowers: Tiny, red and green flowers; 6 petals (actually calyx lobes) in a tall, dense inflorescence atop stem.
Blooms: All year
Leaves: Lower leaves are lance-like with a curly margin.
Fruit/Seeds: Heart-shaped tiny red-brown seeds.
Characteristics
Members of the Polygonaceae Family are mostly herbaceous
Ocrea -A sheath formed at the node of a stem by the fusion of two stipules