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Water Dock, Rumex hydrolapathum, Copóg uisce
Photographs: Dromore NNR, Co. Clare

Water Dock
Rumex hydrolapathum
Copóg uisce
Family: Polygonaceae

Flowering July - September. Perennial. Native.

Much-branched, erect inflorescence with crowded whorls of flowers. Inner tepals have short teeth at the base of long wart. Very large, pointed, lanceolate-oval leaves, to 100cm in length. Height to 200cm.

Grows in shallow water in fens and ditches and beside lakes, ponds, canals and rivers. Can colonise bare ground in fens and marshes.

Water Dock, Rumex hydrolapathum, Copóg uisce

Water Dock, Rumex hydrolapathum, Copóg uisce
Water Dock, Rumex hydrolapathum, Copóg uisce

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