Photographs: Co. Clare

Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale Compar Family: Boraginaceae Flowering May-August. Perennial. Possibly introduced. The bell-like flowers are usually creamy white, yellowish or pink-purple and have pointed calyx teeth, equalling or longer than the tube. Leaves are decurrent, basal leaves stalked, upper leaves stalkless. Branched, hairy plant, stems deeply winged between leaf axils. Height to 150cm Grows on shady, damp ground on roadsides, riverbanks and waste ground Simlar: Often confused with Russian Comfrey, S. x uplandicum

Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Compar