English: Common comfrey

German: Echter Beinwell

Mandarin: 聚合草 (ju he cao)

Portuguese: Confrei

Kingdom: Plantae (2106)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2013)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1696)

      Order: Solanales (76)

        Family: Solanaceae (39) (family description)

          Genus: Symphytum (1)

           Epithet: officinale L. (5)

Synonym: Symphytum uliginosum Kern.

officinale => of practical use to man; official species in commerce, especially for medicinal purposes

uliginosum => growing in swamps or marshes

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, white

Check for Symphytum officinale at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [1159] Symphytum officinale - Plants For A Future
• [1371] Symphytum officinale - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [2104] Symphytum officinale - Flora of China @ efloras.org

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