Creeping comfrey

Creeping comfrey
Creeping Comfrey ( Symphytum ibericum )
Systematics
Euasterids I Family : Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae) Subfamily : Boraginoideae Tribe : Boragineae Genre : Comfrey ( Symphytum ) Type : Creeping comfrey
Scientific name
Symphytum ibericum
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The creeping comfrey ( Symphytum ibericum ) is a species of the genus Comfrey ( Symphytum ).

description

The creeping comfrey is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 15 to 40 centimeters. The plant forms a non-bulbous, thickened rhizome that largely rests on the substrate . There are creeping or ascending sterile and more or less upright flowering shoots. The cup is 3 to 6 millimeters long. The crown is cream-colored and 14 to 16 millimeters long.

The flowering period extends from March to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24 or 60.

Occurrence

The creeping comfrey occurs in northeast Turkey and Georgia on shady slopes in rhododendron bushes at altitudes of up to 1350 meters.

use

The creeping comfrey is rarely used as an ornamental plant for groups of trees.

literature

• Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Symphytum ibericum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

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