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This is a very common weed which is found in wet places, fields, waste ground and even growing out of the crack between pavement and wall. A late summer flowerer it is usually the pink colour in the left but this unusual red form was in every other respect a normal P. maculosa. The spots on the leaves (hence maculosa) are said in one tale to have come from drops of Jesus' blood which fell on the plant under the cross.
Helsby field, Cheshire 20th June 2005, Stocks reservoir, Lancs, 22nd Sept 2005
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Added on September 28th 2005