Photographs: Co. Wexford

Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher Copóg chumtha Family: Polygonaceae Flowering June - July. Biennial or short-lived perennial. Introduced Distant whorls of flowers with warted inner tepals, the tepal edges with 3 or 4 teeth. Distinctive 'fiddle-shaped' leaves on branches that spread nearly at right-angles from the main stem. Straggling stems, to 40cm. Usually coastal on dry grassland and waste ground. Previously a very rare casual in Ireland but has become naturalised in some sites.

Fiddle Dock, Rumex pulcher, Copóg chumtha