Docks and Knotgrasses

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Dock Family - Polygonaceae

Horned Dock      Rumex bucephalophorus

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. A common annual of a wide range of open places.

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Leaves
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Fruiting spike
Fruits
Fruits


Spiny Emex      Rumex spinosus

Native in the Canary Islands and eastwards through the Mediterranean Region, northern Africa and Middle East. Common in a wide range of stony places, coastal areas and disturbed ground.

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Flowers
Basal leaf
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Upper leaf
Leaf
Seed capsules
Seed capsules