Family: Boraginaceae
Scientific Name: Symphytum officinale
Common Name: Common Comfrey
Description | A plant that has been used as a herb for over one thousand years. |
Pronunciation | (SIM-fi-tum) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | partial shade, shade |
Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
Soil & Site | moist |
Flowers | tubular, purple, violet, pinkish to white, drooping clusters, cymes, forms tiny nutlets |
Leaves | green, hairy lanceolate |
Stems | rhizomes |
Propagation | seeds take two years to flower, easy by division |
Misc Facts | Symphytum from Greek together and phyton plant |
Notes & Reference | #116-Pulmonarias and The Borage Family (Masha Bennit) |
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