Best time to see: Jun to Aug

Key facts

Common plant of damp places, spreading underground to form large clumps, with purplish-pink flowers in summer

Widespread in all kinds of damp places: river banks, marshes, ditches, clearings in damp woodlands

Often referred to as codlins-and-cream

Extras

Tall, softly hairy perennial with purplish-pink flowers on short stems

Lanceolate toothed leaves