Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Symphytum L. [516]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Comfrey

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Boraginaceae

family_ja: ムラサキ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en: Medit. to Caucasus

description_en: Genus of 25-35 species of coarse, sometimes invasive, bristly or hairy, rhizomatous perennials from damp, often shady habitats, including woodland, scrub, wasteland, streamsides, and roadsides, in Europe, N. Africa, and W. Asia. Some are used medicinally or for liquid plant food or green manure. They have fleshy roots and long-stalked, oblong- to ovate-lance-shaped or elliptic, wrinkled, prominently veined, mostly basal leaves. Erect, usually branched stems often become decumbent; they bear smaller, more or less stalkless leaves and terminal cymes of pendent, tubular flowers in blue, purple, pink, Yellowish white, or white. Excellent ground-cover plants for a shady border or woodland garden, but they can be rampant. Roots and leaves may cause severe discomfort if ingested; contact with foliage may irritate skin.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Divide in spring. Take root cuttings in early winter.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment:

comment_ja: ヒレハリソウ（コンフリー＝comfrey)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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