General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet
Plant Spread: 3 to 4 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: 4 parted, dry capsules
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Open a rose-pink shade and mature to blue or purple.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Crowns
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Prickly Comfrey
  • Persian Comfrey
  • Rough Comfrey
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphytum asperum
  • Synonym: Symphytum peregrinum

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Location: Russia, Western Caucasus, Lagonaki Plateau
Date: 2022-07-02
Location: Russia, Western Caucasus, Lagonaki Plateau
Date: 2022-07-08
Location: Russia, Western Caucasus, Lagonaki Plateau
Date: 2022-07-08

Date: 2009-01-16
Photo courtesy of:Ghislain118
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