| Scientific Name: | Rumex sanguineus |
| Common Name: | bloody dock, red veined dock |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Herb, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Summer interest, Urban agriculture, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Crenate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Red, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, elliptic, most blades 10-15cm long x 3-5cm wide, margin crenate and wavy, veins red, petioles 3-8cm long. | |