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Accession Data:

Symphytum officinale L.

  • Common Name: Comfrey
  • Family: Boraginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Europe & temperate Asia

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800037
  • Source: Clint's Garden
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2018
  • Bench: 2101 - MED:Mediterranean A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-28-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Boraginales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • SubFamily: Boraginoideae
  • Tribe: Boragineae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Great Britain / Austria / Belgium / Czechoslovakia / Germany / Hungary / Netherlands / Poland / Switzerland / France / Spain / Bulgaria / Italy / Romania / Yugoslavia / Belarus / Krym / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / West Siberia / Kazakhstan / North Caucasus / Turkey

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  2. Symphytum officianale at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.
  3. Comfrey at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:48:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
Tribe Boragineae

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
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Subfamily Cordioideae

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Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

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W/C = Wild Collected
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