Mind Your Own Business
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Helxine soleirollii
(Soleirolia soleirolii)
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May-August
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This evergreen, procumbent, carpet-forming perennial herb is found on damp paths, shaded banks and roadside walls, and in sheltered places in churchyards and gardens, usually close to habitation. It is somewhat frost-sensitive. Lowland
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Male Flower from St Ives in Cornwall on 23 May
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Female Flower from St Ives on 23 May
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Foliage from St Ives on 23 May
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Form from St Ives on 23 May
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Pellitory Of The Wall
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Parietaria diffusa
(Parietaria judaica)
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June onwards
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A much-branched perennial herb growing from the cracks and mortar crevices of brick and stone walls, on building rubble, rocks, cliffs and steep-sided hedge banks. It prefers dry, sunny, sheltered spots, and is often found in built-up areas or not far from habitation. Lowland.
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Female Flower from Kingston in Sussex on 23 April
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Flowers
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Foliage from Jervaux Abbey in North Yorkshire in June
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Form from Jervaux Abbey in June
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Small Nettle
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Urtica urens
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May onwards
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A spring-germinating annual of well-tilled arable land, especially fields of broad-leaved crops, and also allotments, gardens, farmyards and waste ground. It prefers light, often sandy, soils of high fertility. Generally lowland, but reaching 500 m in E. Allendale (S. Northumb.).
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Flower Buds from Barming in Kent in October
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Flowers from Barming in October
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Foliage from Barming in October
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Form in October
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Stinging Nettle
(Common Nettle)
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Urtica dioica
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June onwards
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A rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial herb occurring in a wide range of habitats, including woods, scrub, unmanaged grasslands, fens, river banks, hedgerows, roadsides, manure heaps, cultivated and waste ground. It prefers damp, nutrient-rich soils. 0-850 m (Great Dun Fell, Westmorland).
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