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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.

生息地: Urban areas, Gardens

外見

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.

PlantaeTracheophytaMagnoliopsidaBoraginalesBoraginaceaeSymphytum
common comfrey
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common comfrey

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

2/5 · 低い

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おもしろい事実

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.

特殊能力

能力

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.

能力

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.

能力

Hairy Defender

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

サイズと詳細

高さ
30-120 cm
広がり
30-60 cm
花の大きさ
1-2 cm
開花時期
Late spring to mid-summer
食用
いいえ
毒性
中程度
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

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

特徴

別名

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コレクション

安全性

危険度

2/5 · 低い

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

よくある質問

common comfreyの高さは何ですか?

30-120 cm

common comfreyの広がりは何ですか?

30-60 cm

common comfreyの花の大きさは何ですか?

1-2 cm

common comfreyの開花時期は何ですか?

Late spring to mid-summer

common comfreyの食用は何ですか?

いいえ

common comfreyの毒性は何ですか?

中程度

common comfreyのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

common comfreyの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

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