Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus, Copóg choille
Photographs: Foynes, Co. Limerick

Wood Dock
Rumex sanguineus
Copóg choille
Family: Polygonaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Tiny reddish-green flowers in branched, well-separated clusters, the flowering branches growing at an acute angle to stem. Leaves narrowly oval-lanceolate with rounded bases and are occasionaly red-veined.

Common in woods, waste ground and on roadsides. Grows on a range of soils, but prefers damp, shaded clay.

Similar: Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus

Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus, Copóg choille

Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus, Copóg choille
Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus, Copóg choille

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