Curled Dock Rumex crispus ssp. littoreus Family: Polygonaceae Native. Dense seedheads, seeds with three developed tubercles. Stems usually less than 1m. Coastal on shingle, dunes and at the edges of salt-marshes. Identified by Paul Green. Similar: Rumex crispus ssp. crispus. Abundant on waste and cultivated ground. Rumex crispus ssp. uliginosus. Estuarine mud.

     
Curled Dock, Rumex crispus ssp. littoreus. Dungarvan, Co.Waterford. September 2008