Note: Ornamental, folk medicine, cultivated for forage.ĮFlora Treatment Author: Ronald B. This herb is usually used in the form of a paste, ointment, decoction, poultice or tincture. This plant is native to Europe and parts of North America. It is commonly also known as comfrey, Russian Comfrey, boneset, consound, slippery root and knitbone. Fruit: nutlets 1-4, ovoid tip +- incurved scar at base, +- flat with thick, ring-like, minute-toothed rim.Įtymology: (Greek: growing together, from putative healing properties) Toxicity: Seeds, herbage TOXIC to humans, livestock from pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Symphytum Officinale is a perennial plant that belongs to the family of Boraginaceae. Flower: calyx deep-lobed, bristly, expanded in fruit corolla bell- to +- urn-shaped, throat expanded above tube, appendages 5, alternate stamens, at same level at anthers, lance-linear to lanceolate, papillate stamens attached on upper tube style exserted. Inflorescence: terminal or axillary, generally peduncled, coiled. Comfreys (of which there are several growing in the UK and Ireland) are a confusing group of plants because they readily. Leaf: generally cauline, sharp-bristly lower petioled upper short-petioled to sessile blade lanceolate to ovate, base decurrent or not. Stem: ascending to erect, internodes winged or not, sharp-bristly. Symphytum Officinale (Symph.) is a key remedy for fractures (broken bones) and injuries to the bone and its periosteum (the outer connective tissue which covers the bone). Habit: Perennial herb root thick, carrot-like. Matt Guilliams, Kristen Hasenstab-Lehman, David J. Matt Guilliams, Kristen Hasenstab-Lehman & Ronald B. 2016) supports segregation, for our flora, of the families Ehretiaceae, Heliotropiaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Lennoaceae, and Namaceae.ĮFlora Treatment Author: Michael G. Note: Sometimes still treated in broader sense of TJM2 (e.g., APG IV 2016 Bot J Linn Soc 181:1-20), but recent evidence (Luebert et al. Toxicity: Many genera may be TOXIC from pyrrolizidine alkaloids or accumulated nitrates. Genera In Family: +- 90 genera, +- 1600-1700 species: mostly temperate, especially western North America, Mediterranean some cultivated ( Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum). Fruit: nutlets 1-4, when > 1, all similar (often called "homomorphic") or 1 or 2 dissimilar in size and/or shape from the others (often called "heteromorphic"), free (fused), smooth to roughened, prickly or bristly or not. Flower: bisexual, generally radial sepals 5, free or fused at least at base corolla 5-lobed, salverform, funnel-shaped, rotate, or bell-shaped, appendages (often called "fornices") 0 or 5 at top of tube, when present often differentially pigmented, alternate stamens stamens epipetalous ovary superior, 4-lobed, style 1, entire or minutely 2-lobed (2-branched). Inflorescence: cymes, arranged singly or in groups of 2-5, generally coiled in flower, generally elongating in fruit. Leaf: basal and/or cauline, simple, generally alternate, sometimes opposite, especially at base. Ground cover, culinary, medicinal MedicinalĬontains a small organic molecule allantoin, which is thought to stimulate cell growth and repair and suppress inflammation.Habit: Annual, perennial herb, or shrub, often bristly or sharp-hairy. Transplant seedlings with a spacing of half a meter to a meter. Plant seeds in spring or fall, or sow inside during very cold winter. foliage is at its best if cut before blooming time. Using a sickle or scythe, cut the leaves about 5 cm above the base of the plant. Leaves are covered in fine hairs, take care to wear gloves. Leaves ready for harvest when about 60 cm long. This plant may also be used for medicinal purposes, for liquid plant food, or manure. Comfrey makes an excellent choice for shady borders or woodland gardens, but roots and leaves may cause discomfort if ingested, and the foliage may also irritate the skin. ![]() It is a vigorous perennial, forming clumps with pendant, tubular flowers.įlowers may be purple-violet, pink, or creamy-yellow in colour. Symphytum officinale is often known as Comfrey or Common Comfrey, amongst other names.
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