Rumex venosus
Veiny Dock

Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

Photo taken in near Columbia River and East Wenatchee, dry open sand dunes on lee side of cliff

photo of Rumex venosus
© 2002 Thayne Tuason

Plant:

Roots used to make an orange-red dye by the Great Basin Indian. Roots and leaves boiled and used as a red dye by the Cheyene.