David

Weed in the bed of the Smestow, opposite the Mermaid on the Bridgnorth Road.

Actually a member of the mint family.

In close-up (above and below).

A wider view showing the flower dwarfed by grass.

The female flowers (or are they catkins?) will develop into beech mast.

The leaf-buds were just beginning to open on this tree in early April.

The flowers were just beginning to come out on this common weed.