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common comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Common comfrey is a leafy plant with beautiful purple flowers. It grows in gardens and fields and is loved by bees and butterflies for its sweet nectar.

Lebensraum: Urban areas, Gardens

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The common comfrey has large, dark green leaves covered in coarse hairs, giving them a rough, bristly feel. Its bell-shaped flowers, often purple, blue, or white, hang downwards in charming clusters.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient Romans called comfrey 'knitbone' because they used its leaves to help heal broken bones!

Comfrey is a super plant, pulling up minerals like calcium and potassium from deep in the ground!

Gardeners often grow comfrey as a 'green manure' plant to naturally fertilize their vegetable patches!

Its bell-shaped flowers are perfect for long-tongued bumblebees to reach their sweet nectar.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Deep Root Explorer

Common comfrey can send its roots incredibly deep to draw up water and nutrients from the soil that other plants can't reach.

Fähigkeit

Nature's Soil Builder

Common comfrey has lush foliage that, when it dies back, returns valuable minerals to the soil, enriching it for other plants.

Fähigkeit

Hairy Defender

Common comfrey has stiff hairs covering its leaves and stems, which can deter hungry insects from taking a bite.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-120 cm
Ausbreitung
30-60 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to mid-summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Mäßig
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Visits flowers for nectar

pollinates

Western honey bee

Apis mellifera

Collects pollen and nectar

eats

Garden snail

Helix aspersa

Feeds on young leaves

Merkmale

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Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Do not eat any part of the comfrey plant without asking an adult first.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common comfrey?

30-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common comfrey?

30-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common comfrey?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common comfrey?

Late spring to mid-summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common comfrey?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common comfrey?

Mäßig

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common comfrey?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common comfrey?

Insekten

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