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Common Comfrey Tubular purple flowers in drooping clusters. Each flower had a white stripe across the middle.  This plant has been cultivated for many years for its medicinal properties. It has since become naturalized and grows in woodland areas and meadows. Common Comfrey,Geotagged,Spring,Symphytum officinale,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Common Comfrey

Tubular purple flowers in drooping clusters. Each flower had a white stripe across the middle. This plant has been cultivated for many years for its medicinal properties. It has since become naturalized and grows in woodland areas and meadows.

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"Symphytum officinale" is a perennial flowering plant of the genus "Symphytum" in the family Boraginaceae. Along with thirty four other species of "Symphytum", it is known as comfrey. It is native to Europe and it is known elsewhere, including North America, as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. The flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees.

Similar species: Boraginales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 9, 2018. Captured Jun 7, 2017 11:28 in Main St S, Southbury, CT 06488, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/512s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm