Polygonaceae
Red-veined dock
Rumex sanguineus
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- حماض العيد
- arz
- حماض العيد
- Belarusian
- Шчаўе крывянае
- Bulgarian
- Кървавочервен лапад
- Chinese
- 红脉酸模
- Czech
- Šťovík krvavý
- Dutch
- Bloedzuring
- English
- Red-veined dock, Wood dock, Redvein dock
- Finnish
- Verihierakka
- French
- Oseille sanguine
- German
- Hain-Ampfer, Blut-Ampfer, Blutampfer
- Latvian
- Asinssarkanā skābene
- Macedonian
- Крвав штавеј
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skoghøymol
- Persian
- ترشک جنگلی
- Polish
- Szczaw gajowy
- Romanian
- Stevie roșie
- Slovenian
- Krvava kislica
- Swedish
- Skogsskräppa
- Welsh
- Tafolen y coed
- Western Frisian
- Reade surk
Synonyms
- Acetosa sanguinea (L.) M.Gómez
- Lapathum sanguineum Garsault
- Lapathum sanguineum (L.) Moench
- Rumex condylodes M.Bieb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quentin Groom, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Y. Liu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zo Clark, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zo Clark, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Styrelsen for Grøn Arealomlægning og Vandmiljø/The Danish Agency for Green Land , CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Water dockRumex hydrolapathumPolygonaceae
- Clustered dockRumex conglomeratusPolygonaceae
- Golden dockRumex maritimusPolygonaceae
- Patience dockRumex patientiaPolygonaceae
- Alpine dockRumex alpinusPolygonaceae
- Dooryard dockRumex longifoliusPolygonaceae
- Compact dockRumex thyrsiflorusPolygonaceae
- Scottish dockRumex aquaticusPolygonaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.