Family: Polygonaceae Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native Most frequent on damp, shaded clay soils in woods, waste ground and on roadsides The flowering branches grow at an acute angle to the stems with branched, well separated clusters of tiny reddish-green flowers. Leaves are narrowly oval-lanceolate with rounded bases and are occasionaly red-veined Similar: Clustered Dock, Rumex conglomeratus

Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus
Photographs: Corfe Mullen and Kingston Lacy, Dorset. August 2020