Please identify this plant

[spandit]

Found in a Sussex Woodland, think it might be a wild mint or something?

 

[Mesquite]

Did it smell of mint when you crushed a leaf?

 

[spandit]

No, I don't think it did. Smelt a bit lemony, I recall (thought it might be sorrel but it's obviously not)

 

[Mesquite]

Then I don't think it's mint.

Wild mint has a very distinctive pepperminty smell.

There's a plant that looks very similar to mint but I can't think of it's name at the moment.

 

[Matthew.Passmore]

It is a member of the mint family; Square stem, opposing leaves.

looks like Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia to me

 

[spandit]

Thanks, Matthew - just looked up some pictures of Wood Sage and it does look the same

 

[chris_irwin]

Lemon Balm? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_officinalis I think we used to have some in the garden, in the mint family. Don't quote me on it, but looks similar.

 

[Mesquite]

looks like Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia to me

That's what I was trying to think of. Just couldn't think of it at all

 

[locum76]

That's the one I was thinking of.

 

[Toddy]

There's an exceptionally good plantfinder site here

http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/


cheers,
M

 

[bushcraftbob]

wow what a site toddy amazing photographs!