Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not family)
Genus: Symphytum (Comfrey)
Symphytum officinale L. - Common Comfrey
Symphytum tuberosum L. - Tuberous Comfrey
Symphytum bulbosum K. F. Schimp. - Bulbous Comfrey
Symphytum cordatum Willd.
Symphytum x uplandicum Nyman - Comfrey
15–30 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> bell- or funnel-shaped to long-tubular, <ba><b>yellowish to whitish</b></ba>. <span class="v1">pedicels:</span> pendulous. <span class="v1">corolla-tube:</span> much longer than the corolla-lobes. <span clas...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, parks, gardens