Curled Dock Rumex crispus ssp. uliginosus Family: Polygonaceae Native. Lax, open seedheads, large fruit (more than 2.5 mm) Usually over 1m tall. Estuarine mud, locally common, tidal rivers in Waterford, Wexford, Limerick. Identified by Paul Green Similar: Rumex crispus ssp. crispus. Abundant on waste and cultivated ground. Rumex crispus ssp. littoreus. Coastal shingle, dunes.

     



Curled Dock. Rumex crispus ssp. uliginosus. New Ross, Co.Wexford. May 2008