Elsewhere, the plant occurs from southern British Columbia and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico and California at elevations up to 8,500 ft. Veined dock is perennial from a wide-spreading rhizome.
Leaves have long stalks and are about four inches long.
The flowers are small and there are no petals, normally the most colorful parts of a flower. Instead, three small sepals expand tremendously at maturity into gorgeous, rose-colored structures nearly two inches wide. Ten to twenty of these valves form huge clusters in the upper branches and give the plants a striking appearance. Look for veined dock from April through July on sandy native prairies and along roadgrades. Livestock seem to avoid the plant and create favorable conditions for it, as larger numbers of plants are usually found where grazing pressure is heavy.