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Symphytum asperum

forage comfrey

Other common names
Persian comfrey
prickly comfrey
see morerough comfrey
trottles
Synonyms
Symphytum asperrimum
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Botanical details
Family
Boraginaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Symphytum

Genus description

Symphytum are rhizomatous herbaceous perennials, sometimes invasive, with large leaves and nodding clusters of tubular flowers

Name status

Correct

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