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'''''Symphytum asperum''''' is a [[flowering plant]] of the genus ''[[Symphytum]]'' in the family [[Boraginaceae]].
Common names: Rough Comfrey, Prickly Comfrey.
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Symphytum asperum, Lepech. (S. asperrimum, Donn). Prickle Comfrey. Perennial, 2 1/2 - 5 ft. or even more high: root thick: st. branched, uncinate: lvs. hispid or prickly on both surfaces, ovate or elliptical, acuminate; lower petioled base cordate or rotundate upper subpetioled, base cuneate: fls. at first rose then blue, smaller than those of S. officinale. Russia, Caucasus, Persia. B.M. 929.—Has some forage value. There are horticultural forms with yellow-variegated or -margined lvs. known as S. asperrimum aureo-variegatum, and S. asperrimum var. variegatum.
Symphytum asperum, Lepech. (S. asperrimum, Donn). Prickle Comfrey. Fig. 3753. Perennial, 2 1/2 - 5 ft. or even more high: root thick: st. branched, uncinate: lvs. hispid or prickly on both surfaces, ovate or elliptical, acuminate; lower petioled base cordate or rotundate upper subpetioled, base cuneate: fls. at first rose then blue, smaller than those of S. officinale. Russia, Caucasus, Persia. B.M. 929.—Has some forage value. There are horticultural forms with yellow-variegated or -margined lvs. known as S. asperrimum aureo-variegatum, and S. asperrimum var. variegatum.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Symphytum asperum is a flowering plant of the genus Symphytum in the family Boraginaceae.

Common names: Rough Comfrey, Prickly Comfrey.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Symphytum asperum, Lepech. (S. asperrimum, Donn). Prickle Comfrey. Perennial, 2 1/2 - 5 ft. or even more high: root thick: st. branched, uncinate: lvs. hispid or prickly on both surfaces, ovate or elliptical, acuminate; lower petioled base cordate or rotundate upper subpetioled, base cuneate: fls. at first rose then blue, smaller than those of S. officinale. Russia, Caucasus, Persia. B.M. 929.—Has some forage value. There are horticultural forms with yellow-variegated or -margined lvs. known as S. asperrimum aureo-variegatum, and S. asperrimum var. variegatum. CH


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