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Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

Keats Organics, Welling | 15/08/19

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status in the UK: Native

Habitats: Woodland rides, grassland, heaths, flushes, damp rock ledges, cultivated land, lawns, waste ground and damp paths.

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Marsh Woundwort (Stachys Palustris)

Lea Valley | 11/08/19

Family: Lamiaceae

Status in the UK: Native

Habitats: Grows by streams, rivers, ditches and ponds, in fens, marshes and swamps, on rough ground and occasionally in cultivated fields.

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Sweet Woodruff ( Galium odoratum)

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | 06/08/19

Family: Rubiaceae 

Status in the UK: Native 

Habitat: Deciduous woodland, scrub and shaded hedge banks.

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Silverweed (Pottentilla anserina) Finsbury Park | 04/08/19

Family: Rosaceae 

Status in the UK: Native 

Habitats: Rough grassland, roadside verges, sand dunes and waste ground.

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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Walthamstow Marshes, 31/07/19

Family: Rosaceae

Status in the UK: Native

Habitats: Fens, Marshes, Swamps

Edible Uses: Roots - cooked. Young leaves, flowers and roots brewed into a tea. Dried leaves are used as a flavouring, especially as a sweetener in herb teas. The flowers are used as a flavouring in various alcoholic beverages and in stewed fruits.

Medicinal Uses: Leaves and Flowering Stems - alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, aromatic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic and tonic.

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Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)

Walthamstow Marshes | 31/07/19

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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, 30/07/19

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Wild Carrot (Daucus Carota)

Woodberry Wetlands, 21/07/19

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Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum)

Woodberry Wetlands, 21/7/19.

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Knotgrass (Polygonum Aviculare)

Hackney E5, 26/06/19

Family: Polygonaceae

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Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) 

Hackney Marshes | 26/06/19

Family: Asteraceae

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Linden (Tilia spp.)

Hackney Marshes | 26/06/19

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Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)

Hackney Marshes, 26/06/19

Family: Lamiaceae

Status in the UK: Archaeophyte

Habitats: Hedgerows, field-borders, walls, waysides and waste ground, often on disturbed nutrient-rich soils near habitations.

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Cleavers (Galium aparine)

Hackney Marshes | 26/06/19

Family: Rubiaceae

Status in the UK: Native

Habitats: Cultivated land, hedges, river banks, waysides, soil heaps and waste places

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Stinging Nettle (Urtica Dioica)

Hackney Marshes | 26/06/19

Family: Urticaceae

Status in the UK: Native

Habitats: 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.

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Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)

Hackney City Farm | 23/06/19

Family: Lamiaceae