Stating the obvious

These plant are popping up all around us. We have been seeing them on he Portuguese woodland amp sites and they are everywhere in the forest here. I have a feeling that I should know what they are, that I have seen them in British gardens... yet I cannot bring it to  the forefront of my mind just now.

I took this photograph to upload to Google Image Search expecting to find a match that would ID the plants for me. 

Google told me that its best guess was "flower"

Well, blow me down, I would never have guessed.

Due to my paddy with Blipfoto, I cannot post extra images. I have one of last years inflorescence - tall single stem, bell-shaped flowers. This specimen is about a foot high just now. I feel that the twisting of the strong dark green leaves ought to be the giveaway.

Any ideas?

We ate (I hesitate to say dined) at the on-site restaurant this evening. It was a step change from last week and actually reached the level of acceptable. There remains hope  :-)