Plants › borage family
common comfrey
Symphytum officinale
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum
Caucasian ComfreySymphytum caucasicum
Soft ComfreySymphytum orientale
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Rough ComfreySymphytum asperum
hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
purple foxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Tall BluebellMertensia paniculata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 166,495 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4,530 |
| Czechia | 2,478 |
| Germany | 2,200 |
| Russia | 2,071 |
| Austria | 2,041 |
| United Kingdom | 1,480 |
| France | 1,412 |
| British Columbia | 1,357 |
| England | 1,333 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | borages · Boraginales |
| Family | borage family · Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Comfreys · Symphytum |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise common comfrey with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.