"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , K
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serialthrilla writes
Hello to the group,

Can anyone help me identify this plant/weed, that has currently spread to
roughly 2 feet square.

Here is a picture of 2 separate plants within the area that it covers.

http://www.kingsfamily.co.uk/images/weed.jpg
http://www.kingsfamily.co.uk/images/weed2.jpg

Difficult to tell at this young stage. You say that it has 'currently
spread to roughly 2 ft square' - do you mean this has spread by runners,
or is it more, as appears from the pic, that you have young seedlings in a
2ft square patch? If the latter, it could be Geum urbanum, but you'd need
to let it grow a bit more to be sure.

The books say that Geum has pinnate leaves, not simple leaves as in the
photos. My first thought was ground-ivy (Glechoma), or a speedwell
(Veronica). Other possibilities, from scanning Keble-Martin, are violets
(Viola) or dead-nettles (Lamium).

The venation pattern doen't seem to be right for Veronica, the Violas have
acute leaf apices and less prominent marginal crenation, and the leaves of
Glechoma have cordate bases. Assuming that I'm not being misled by
juvenile leaves having a different form from those of the mature plant,
I'd plump for henbit dead-nettle (Lamium amplexicaule) or northern
dead-nettle (Lamium intermedium). I've never seen either of these - henbit
dead-nettle is commoner in the east, and northern dead-nettle in Scotland
and Ireland. (And I've found that if I want to use my image files for
plant identification I need to take more photographs of leaves.)
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

I would go along with the dead nettle suggestion but the roots don't look
quite like any of the Lamiums I have got.
My guess is Lunaria -Honestly:-)