the garden escape by the manhole cover
turned out to be no primrose
but a yellow comfrey
damaged (by trampling?) since april
and barely visible among the creeping buttercups
(and flattened papercups)
if this is the standard mode of life of an escaped comfrey
it doesn't surprise me that they're rare
Symphytum tuberosum
Gul vallört i april, i juni och i april igen
Eva Ekeblad, 2002
in 2003 there are buds but no flowers yet today, May 1st
so far it looks healthier than at this time last year, though