Yellow deadnettle is also known as Yellow Archangel and is listed as Lamiastrum galeobdolon. The distinctive smell from crushed leaves of Yellow Archangel is the source of its specific name galeobdolon, which means ‘smelling like a weasel’.
Flowering rather early this year.
A nice lady pointed out the Yellow Archangels to me (from a socially safe distance.)
The native fragrant bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, (with, unsurprisingly, bell-shaped, blue flowers) is also turning in a dramatic show in the Country Park and local woods.
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