Bloody Dock, Red veined Dock (Rumex sanguineus)

This pretty salad leaf also grown as an ornamental and medicinal. In the kitchen only fresh young leaves are used, red sorrel is not used cooked. You can decorate and flavor a soup with them too, but still should be added just before serving. As a medicinal plant it has the following properties: it stimulates appetite, it is detoxifying and diuretic for blood. This red sorrel prefers moist semi-shady garden spots.