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Common weed, but what?

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It's in the Brassicaceae (Mustard family). Cardamine is what comes immediately to mind, but I've never seen one with that leaf shape.

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Looks more like an Epilobium to me. If you pull open those pods when the flowers fade, they should be full of (usually) white, silky fluff with tiny dark seeds. If you see that it's almost definitely an Epilobium.

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Pods? OP's pictures show tiny little flowers at the end of stems. Does not look like they are going to make pods. What you are looking at in the picture are leaves. I don't think epilobium is a very good match. Epilobium:

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Much sturdier stems and larger flowers.

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Epilobiums vary from small and delicate to large and sturdy. Here's a picture showing what I meant by "pods":

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I'm not sure pods is the right term for these, but they are essentially seed capsules that develop below the flower, elongating as the flower fades and the seeds mature.



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