Wood Dock - Rumex sanguineus
Family - Polygonaceae

Wood Dock is a common plant which has sporadic growth in moist ground of woodland, waste grounds and meadows to 1M (33in) tall June to August. Only found at the base of the plant the leaves are long, narrow and pointed, rounded at the base with new leaves being edible raw or cooked, however FBCP do not advise or recommend that Wood Dock (R. sanguineus) is eaten. Whorls of flowers comprising three petals enclosing a fruit grow in clusters along the stem, one of the petals has a large tubercle almost as wide as itself whilst the remaining two petal may have very small tubercles or none at all. The Inflorescence are less dense than those of Broad-leaved or Curled Dock, similarly the leaves not as bulky as Broad-leaved Dock but also not as narrow as Curled Dock.

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