I love flowers of all kinds, even those traditionally considered to be weeds. I don’t know what they’re all called, though, and I feel like I should. That’s why we have Mystery Flowers. I’ll take a picture of the unknown flower, try to find out what it is, and then post the results here.
This is Mystery Flower #1.
My best guess at the answer to this mystery is in the comments.
I believe this is purple deadnettle. At first I thought it was gill-over-the-ground (a.k.a. ground ivy), but the flowers and leaves were shaped differently. Then I thought it might be wild basil, but the leaves weren’t fragrant (they just smell leafy). The breakthrough came when I investigated a plant called heal-all. One website included a list of plants for which it is often mistaken. One of those plants was purple deadnettle, and once I saw a picture of that plant, I knew I’d found a match.
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