my garden is full of these plants (weeds) and I'm wondering what are they.
The purple flower (small bit that attaches to the plant) is a bit sweet in taste.
Location: Moldova (Eastern Europe), it grows in summer time.
Pictures taken at the beginning of July.
I think its Ballota nigra; its common name in the UK is Black Horehound, so called because it was once recommended as a herbal treatment for people who'd been bitten by mad dogs. Native to the mediterranean and central Asia, but can be found throughout Europe and parts of the USA. For images and information see here http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/ballota-nigra.html
Perhaps Bamboo in England has different names...but this looks like HENBIT. Lamium amplexicaule. Lamium amplexicaule or Henbit If you gotta have a weed this is a cool plant. Dandelions and Henbit are totally edible and you could live off these two plants, for a long time. I'll go check out Bamboo's link. She is so rarely wrong that no one can remember those instances...!!
Well shoot. Same family; Lamiaceae...I think the difference is in the petioles or the 'stems' that support the leaves...one has them the other does not. Could you send a picture of a closeup of the leaves and stem of these plants?
