West Highland Flora

Tuberous Comfrey


Symphytum tuberosum

 

Symphytum tuberosum

Photo © Carl Farmer
(8 May 2004 Inverness)
Flower-cluster c 2.3 cm across at widest

Occasional in damp woods or lowland stream banks.  Sometimes takes a hold in gardens or waste ground, on heavy wet soil.

Flower 12-16 mm long

ID: Pale yellow or cream flowers, unlike Russian Comfrey which has purple ones.  Calyx divided nearly to base, with teeth at least 3 x as long as the tube.

Other features: Middle stem leaves much larger than lower ones.  Stem often unbranched, sometimes branched near the top.  Upper leaves shortly decurrent onto the stem like Russian Comfrey.

 

Symphytum tuberosum

Photo © Carl Farmer
(8 May 2004 Inverness)

  Symphytum tuberosum

Photo © Carl Farmer
(9 Jun 2002 Berwick-upon-Tweed)

 

 

Symphytum tuberosum

Photo © Carl Farmer
(9 Jun 2002 Berwick-upon-Tweed)

 

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