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Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Compar
Photographs: Co. Clare

Common Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
Compar
Family: Boraginaceae

Flowering May-August. Perennial. Possibly introduced.

The bell-like flowers are usually creamy white, yellowish or pink-purple and have pointed calyx teeth, equalling or longer than the tube. Leaves are decurrent, basal leaves stalked, upper leaves stalkless. Branched, hairy plant, stems deeply winged between leaf axils. Height to 150cm

Grows on shady, damp ground on roadsides, riverbanks and waste ground

Simlar: Often confused with Russian Comfrey, S. x uplandicum

Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Compar

Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Compar
Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Compar

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