Scientific name: Symphytum officinale L.
Common name: Common Comfrey
Description
Habit: A hispid, erect perennial, to 1.5 m high growing from a thick, vertical root.
Stems: Branched, covered with stiff hairs.
Leaves: Stalkless, 15-25 cm long, broadly oval, the upper leaves continued down the stem as wings extending below next internode; lowest leaves largest.
Flowers: Usually pale cream, in dense cymes forming a terminal panicle; corolla actinomorphic with 5 spreading lobes; 5 calyx lobes divided almost to the base, teeth acute; stamens equal, included; style simple, protruding, ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4 1-seeded nutlets, smooth and shining.
Habitat: Riversides, damp places, roadsides, disturbed ground.
Distribution: Rather rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No