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Soft Comfrey

Symphytum orientale

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 261, February 193, March 303, April 476, May 686, June 748, July 801, August 689, September 506, October 377, November 206, December 161.
United States5,407
Alaska5,407
United Kingdom1,532
England1,500
France51
Occitanie44
Scotland24
Italy16
Turkey12
İstanbul12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusComfreys · Symphytum

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