Photographs: Garrylucas, Co. Cork

Russian Comfrey Symphytum x uplandicum (S. asperum x S. officinale) Compar Rúiseach Family: Boraginaceae Flowering May-June. Perennial. Introduced. The bell-shaped flowers are usually pink at first then purplish-violet. Upper stem-leaves are narrowly winged below leaves. Rough, bristly-hairy stems, wings extending less than halfway to next axil. Height to 1.5m A garden escape naturalised on damp ground beside river and marshes and on wet roadsides. Similar: Common Comfrey, S. officinale. Stems deeply winged

Russian Comfrey, Symphytum x uplandicum, Compar Rúiseach