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Caucasian Comfrey

Symphytum caucasicum

Also called Blue Comfrey

Caucasian Comfrey
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Europe to Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Symphytum caucasicum, the beinwell, blue comfrey, or Caucasian comfrey, is an ornamental plant of genus Symphytum in the family Boraginaceae, which is native to the Caucasus.

Other Symphytum plants

Prickly comfrey · Bulbous Comfrey · Creeping comfrey · Common comfrey · White Comfrey · Tuberous comfrey · Comfrey

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphytum caucasicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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