This picture flatters what is usually a fairly ordinary roadside plant with dull purple flowers up the main stem. I look for it in hedgerows whether in country or town. It flowers in late summer and continues until the first frosts so in a mild winter one or two flowers are still around in November or even December. I didn't even know that our plant was a sub-species until looking it up in Stace.
Frodsham Marshes 4th October 2004
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Added on 22 October 2004, amended 08 December 2004