Symphytum
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the genus of plants known as comfrey. For the place, see Comfrey, Minnesota.
Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common name comfrey (pronounced /ˈkʌmfri/). There are 59 recognized species.[1] Some species and hybrids, particularly S. officinale, Symphytum grandiflorum, and S. × uplandicum, are used in gardening and herbal medicine. They are not to be confused with Andersonglossum virginianum, known as wild comfrey, another member of the borage family.[2]
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Symphytum | |
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Symphytum caucasicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
Genus: | Symphytum L. |
Type species | |
Symphytum officinale L. | |
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