Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus, Copóg thriopallach
Photographs: Dirk's Bay, Co. Cork

Clustered Dock
Rumex conglomeratus
Copóg thriopallach
Family: Polygonaceae

Flowering time: June-October. Short-lived perennial. Native

Distant whorls of small flowers on leafy branches, the inner tepals un-toothed, blunt and with 3 oblong warts. Basal leaves are long-stalked, oblong and with rounded bases, the stem leaves narrow and pointed. Erect, much-branched plant with zig-zag stems. Height to 100cm.

Found on damp ground that is often water-logged in winter. Grassland, stream and river banks and by muddy paths.

Similar: Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus. Tepals with a single wart

Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus, Copóg thriopallach

Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus, Copóg thriopallach
Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus, Copóg thriopallach

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