Mystery plant - a Mitella species?
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Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 22 May 2022
This plant is very similar to Mitrewort, which is native to the USA. Perhaps it is a 'garden escape'. It has tiny flowers on short stems branching directly from the main stem, They have five white petals, like little lacy caps, on a green base a few millimetres in diameter. The leaves are at intervals up the stem, lobed and serrated, upper surface soft and lower surface veined. The leaves clasp the stem, which is round with white hairs. The plant, or group of plants, is growing amongst grass near the base of a tree. See Image] for a close view of the leaves.