jillraggett:

Plant of the Day
Saturday 16 June 2018

The bees and others insects were keen to visit the flowers of this Symphytum officinale (common comfrey, alum, backwort, black root, blackwort, bone-set, bruisewort, healing herb, knit-back). This strong growing herbaceous perennial can be a rather invasive, but here it had competition from the grasses as it was growing on the edge of a meadow. The flowers are variable in colour on different plants from white, through pinks, to deep purple.

Jill Raggett