New plant for my site and completely stumped

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awarner

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Apr 14, 2012
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Southampton, Hampshire
Bit if an unusual one for me, have two of these small plants growing in the nature reserve I look after but cant seem to pin down what it is.
So it has a very thin stem that feels square so thinking mint/ dead nettle family.
The leaves look more like gypsywort but that has different flowers.
Closest I have found is cushion calamint but it only has a single flower cluster at the top of the stem and the flowers are not quite the same as stock images I have found. The other was wild basil but the leaves are completely wrong.
I’ve also tried the botanicalkeys website but no luck as yet.
Any thought?
 

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uncleboob

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Dec 28, 2012
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Coventry and Warwickshire
Bit if an unusual one for me, have two of these small plants growing in the nature reserve I look after but cant seem to pin down what it is.
So it has a very thin stem that feels square so thinking mint/ dead nettle family.
The leaves look more like gypsywort but that has different flowers.
Closest I have found is cushion calamint but it only has a single flower cluster at the top of the stem and the flowers are not quite the same as stock images I have found. The other was wild basil but the leaves are completely wrong.
I’ve also tried the botanicalkeys website but no luck as yet.
Any thought?

Bishops wort?

https://wildseed.co.uk/species/view/132
 

awarner

Nomad
Apr 14, 2012
487
4
Southampton, Hampshire
What is throwing me was the single cluster of flowers, and the plantsnap app I sometimes use had so many images of different types I do not trust it.
Betony is probably going to be the closest, cheers.
 

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