What is this please?

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  1. BB3

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    Shady, neglected end of garden London clay
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    Doesn't sting or smell
     
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    Will Google. Thanks
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    That would be nice, but I'm not sure the leaves are the same
     
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    Are the stems square in cross-section?
     
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    Looks quite dead nettle like but I also see some similarities to geum.
     
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      Looks like Garlic Mustard to me.
       
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      Should it smell of garlic or mustard? It doesn't.
       
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      I'm getting a slight whiff of woundwort off the wilting cutting
       
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      Horehound? Agree with the geum similarity though
       
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      Could be horehound @Loofah Google images make the leaves look a sage colour,though. Is this always the case? These leaves are a brighter green.
      Pretty sure it's not geum. not even grim urbanism as predictive text likes to geum urbanum. I prefer that name too.
       
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      Not, Geum.
      Could be Woundwort.
       
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      That's what I'm thinking, now. Maybe they need hot sun to really stink @Punkdoc
       
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      A much better name. My regular patrols fighting Grim Urbanism now sound much more interesting
       
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