Symphytum tuberosum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Tuberous Comfrey
🇫🇷 Consoude tubéreuse, Consoude à tubercules

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Tribe: Boragineae
Subtribe: Boragininae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: Symphytum tuberosum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. tuberosum subsp. angustifolium (A.Kern.) Nyman, 1881;
S. tuberosum subsp. tuberosum L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with S. bulbosum K.F.Schimp., 1825 to produce S. × bicknellii Buckn., 1913, P.

Photographs

img/symphytum-tuberosum.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-2.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-3.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-4.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-5.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-6.webp — Symphytum tuberosum

img/symphytum-tuberosum-7.webp — Symphytum tuberosum - Leaf

img/symphytum-tuberosum-8.webp — Symphytum tuberosum - Root

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 559). Biotope.