Boraginaceae

Creeping comfrey

Symphytum grandiflorum DC.

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Symphytum

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Creeping comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum) — FlowerPhoto: Chris D Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Danish: Storblomstret kulsukker
English: Creeping comfrey, Running comfrey
French: Consoude à grandes fleurs
German: Großblütiger Beinwell
Polish: Żywokost wielkokwiatowy
Swedish: Kaukasisk vallört
Turkish: Orman kafesotu
Ukrainian: Живокіст великоквітковий
Welsh: Cyfardwf lusg

Synonyms

Symphytum abchasicum Trautv.
Symphytum ciscaucasium Gvin.
Symphytum ibericum var. abchasicum Gviniaschvili

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 154 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Chris D Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: tarkiwi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: jhatfield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Iona, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Giuseppe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: nikonbird007, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Owen and Carol Fawcett., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Алена Ручка, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.