Symphytum
This article is about the genus. For the use of comfrey in gardening and herbal medicine, see Comfrey.
| Symphytum | |
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| Symphytum caucasicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Symphytum L. |
| Type species | |
| Symphytum officinale | |
| Species | |
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Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. Its species are known by the common name comfrey. Some species and hybrids, particularly S. officinale and S. × uplandicum, are used in gardening and herbal medicine.
Species include:
- Symphytum asperum (synonym: S. asperrimum) – Prickly comfrey, rough comfrey
- Symphytum bulbosum – Bulbous comfrey
- Symphytum caucasicum – Caucasian comfrey
- Symphytum ibericum – Creeping comfrey
- Symphytum officinale – Comfrey
- Symphytum orientale – White comfrey
- Symphytum tauricum – Crimean comfrey
- Symphytum tuberosum – Tuberous comfrey
- Symphytum × uplandicum (S. asperum × S. officinale, synonym: S. peregrinum) – Russian comfrey, healing herb, blackwort, bruisewort, wallwort, gum plant
References
External links
Media related to Symphytum at Wikimedia Commons
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