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Photographer: Richard Bauer
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Family Boraginaceae
Symphytum officinale L.
common comfrey
Symphytum: ancient Greek name from symphyein for "to cause to grow together," possibly referring to its curative value
officinale: Latin generally meaning "of the shops" or "sold in the marketplace" or "official"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb; stems hairy and winged; taprooted |
| Flower: | blue to cream, 5-parted, 3/8"-3/4" long, tubular-bell shape, nodding, tube much longer than the lobes, stalks with spreading hairs or bristles; inflorescence a leafless, branched cluster (cyme); blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | black, smooth, shiny nutlet  |
| Leaf: | broad, hairy, bases broadly winged; lower stalked, upper stalkless |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
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