Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Short/medium, patch-forming, downy. Leaves broad, mid-green, pointed oval, sometimes slightly heart-shaped, in opposite pairs. Flowers 4-8mm, with two white petals, the upward-pointing flowerhead elongating before the flowers fall; June-September. Fruit covered with hooked bristles.

Can be found in woods behind car-park wall.

Spotters' score: 8

ref: p.158/6

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