Rumex Conglomeratus, Clustered Dock



Common name:
Clustered dock
Scientific name:
Rumex conglomeratus
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles except the Scottish Highlands
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Meadows, open woodland; usually damp places
Flowers:
In dense, whorled clusters at the leaf nodes; pendent, attached by reddish stalks. Adjacent whorls are relatively well-separated from each other. Flowers have three green, untoothed tepals, each bearing a light-coloured wart
Leaves:
Lanceolate, sometimes with wavy edges; up to 30 cm long. On stout, zig-zag stems, growing from the base nearly to the tip of the branches, which are held at wide angles, up to 90 degrees
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★