I was waiting for this to come into flower before I posted it, but it is now going red and dying off. I looked it up in my Collins Wild Flower Guide and found out that it flowers March-May, so I missed them, just before the blog started. However, I should be able to update the post with a flower picture next spring. The purpling leaves are a harbinger of Autumn and look quite nice at the moment. This creeping plant grows in a variety of habitats and can be found nestling by some logs on the ramp down to the watermeadow. It is said to be an evergreen perennial, so perhaps it isn’t actually dying off, but just changing colour for the winter. It is also supposed to be edible as a salad green.
UPDATE – 04/10/23