Dock Curled

Wild Flowers Of Strathclyde Park
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	Curled Dock *Rumex crispus* of the Dock family a perennial 30-150 cm high blooms June-October likes cultivated, bare and waste ground can be seen throughout the Park. This was in the area of long grass off the north-west corner of the Loch

	Dock leaves were once used to wrap butter and the plant was known as Butter Dock. The leaves are still used to treat nettle stings and were once used to treat blisters and burns. Young leaves are edible - if rather bitter.