"Uncle-C" wrote in message
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Hi folks. As Spring is supposedly with us I decided to take a leisurely
stroll through my local woods. There was one weed/plant which had
sprung up almost everywhere. Unfortunatly, I do not know if it is a
weed or a flowering plant native to woodland.

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/204/plantid1vv.jpg

It's on the top left hand corner of the picture. Broad leafed with
black markings on it. The height is about 5 - 8 inches and the grouping
in small clumps. I've even had a couple spring up in the back of my
garden which backs up to a small woodland area. Any ideas / info ???
Thanks !

You might have made it easier by photographing the thing itself rather than
other stuff with it stuck up in a corner :-)

It is hard to see what is in the top left but Cuckoo Pint/Lords and
Ladies/Parson in the Pulpit etc can have spotty leaves

http://www.aphotoflora.com/Arum%20ma...or15-03-05.jpg
http://www.the-tree.org.uk/Enchanted...sandladies.htm

The flowers are very characteristic when they come out (bizarre phallic
looking things in hoods) but the leaves are very obvious as well (just like
in the link above); they are about the size of your hand.
It is a native woodland plant.




Uncle C