Symphytum officinale Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Symphytum officinale L.

Common comfrey

2020 Bob Sweatt

2017 MCOSD EDRR

2020 Bob Sweatt

2017 MCOSD EDRR

2020 Bob Sweatt

2005 Louis-M. Landry

2002 Dean Wm. Taylor

2000 Nick Kurzenko

Symphytum officinale is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (16 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Symphytum
Family:	Boraginaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Symphytum officinale ssp. uliginosum
PLANTS	Symphytum uliginosum

Information about Symphytum officinale from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (SYOF) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2023).