Broad-leaved dock
Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius
Family: Polygonaceae
Other common names; bitter dock, dock leaf, bluntleaf dock, butter dock
Flowering time: June to October
Height: to 1m
Growing conditions: next to water or on disturbed ground
Nectar source for:
Food source for: caterpillar of the small Copper butterfly
How to identify: Broad-leaved dock is a tall plant with very large, wavy-edged, oblong leaves that have red stems on their undersides. Flower spikes have numerous clusters of reddish-brown flowers.
Family: Polygonaceae
Other common names; bitter dock, dock leaf, bluntleaf dock, butter dock
Flowering time: June to October
Height: to 1m
Growing conditions: next to water or on disturbed ground
Nectar source for:
Food source for: caterpillar of the small Copper butterfly
How to identify: Broad-leaved dock is a tall plant with very large, wavy-edged, oblong leaves that have red stems on their undersides. Flower spikes have numerous clusters of reddish-brown flowers.