Comfrey

widgetwilk ann · April 2020

Is this C

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omfrey???

Yviestevie · April 2020

My comfrey is white, don't know if it comes in different colours. I can't stand it so always hoick it out whenever I see it.

Silver surfer · April 2020

Flowers not right for Symphytum sp....common name comfrey...see 4 pics below.
Look like another Pentaglottis sempervirens...common name Green alkanet.....must be THE weed of 2020.

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This is Pentaglottis.

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widgetwilk ann · April 2020

Thanks, it is differently the lower pictures , shame I thought it was comfrey, thanks again for you information.

widgetwilk ann · May 2020

Have I got it right now???

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Silver surfer · May 2020

Borago officinalis...common name starflower.
Flowers look fab frozen in an ice cube.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Borago+officinalis&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVzcG-67DpAhUHYcAKHYzBDvAQ_AUoAXoECBgQAw&biw=1920&bih=938

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widgetwilk ann · May 2020

Oh no, so that's not Comfrey???

Silver surfer · May 2020

widgetwilk ann said:

Oh no, so that's not Comfrey???

Err NO.!
Comfrey is the common name for Symphytum sp.

Comfrey have tiny dangling bell shape flower...they can be purple, pink or white.
See the pics I posted above earlier

widgetwilk ann · May 2020

Thanks, I did see the photos, but when I just passed these I thought that was it, OK, will keep looking, thanks again

Comfrey

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