Topic: plant id... Look like mint without the minty taste or smell

[dgillings]

Sorry no picture, left the camera at home. But there is a plant growing on the allotment that I'm clearing that looks like mint, but has no smell and it has white flowers around the stem... Any ideas what it is?

Daniel

[tim]

Balm??

[dgillings]

Yes that's it. Thanks very much!

[saddad]

I might have suggested Lammium, white dead nettle.
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[supersprout]

balm would smell quite strongly? ::)

[tim]

So would I, Dad - until Wife said that the flowers were pink. Now I note album in 'the book'.

I think it's the more likely bet.

[caroline7758]

There are lotsof different lamiums, some of mine have white fowers, but I would say the leaves are bigger than mint.But as you say, balm would hsve a scent.

[Kea]

http://www.purplesage.org.uk/profiles/whitedeadnettle.htm

I've got a lot of Lamium album....white dead nettle growing in amongst the stinging nettle on my plot.