Boraginaceae
Tuberous comfrey
Symphytum tuberosum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Symphytum
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- شاغة درنية
- arz
- شاغه درنيه
- Asturian
- Consolda
- Basque
- Zolda-belar txiki
- Bulgarian
- Грудесто зарастличе
- Catalan
- Consolda menor
- Czech
- Kostival hlíznatý
- Dutch
- Knolsmeerwortel
- English
- Tuberous comfrey
- Finnish
- Keltaraunioyrtti
- French
- Consoude tubéreuse, Consoude à tubercules
- German
- Knoten-Beinwell, Knolliger Beinwell, Knotige Wallwurz, Knotiger Beinwell
- grc
- Σύμφυτον πετραῖον
- hsb
- Tołste kosćadło
- Hungarian
- Gumós nadálytő
- Macedonian
- Кртолест гавез
- Polish
- Żywokost bulwiasty
- Slovak
- Kostihoj hľuznatý
- Swedish
- Gul vallört
- Turkish
- Yumrulu karakafes otu
- Welsh
- Cyfardwf glorog
Synonyms
- Symphytum leonhardtianum Pugsley
- Symphytum mediterraneum W.D.J.Koch
- Symphytum minus Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 909 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nbasargin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jozefsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: aurylaroche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: François Thevenon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vincenzo Lattanzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.