This is a very common and cheerful plant of the waysides and hedgerows. In Spring there are plenty of blues and yellows around but this provides a wonderful splash at the red end of the spectrum (which insects don't see as well). It is dioecious which means that there are separate male and female flowers instead of the usual arrangement of anther (male) and stigma (Female) on the same flower.
Roadside, South Stack 16th June 2004
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Added on December 2nd 2004