| Scientific Name: | Symphytum officinale (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | comfrey |
| Family Name: | Boraginaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate |
| Flowers: | White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Basal leaves large, pointed, hairy, ovate-lanceolate, up to 20cm long; stem leaves decurrent; flowers tubular, white to pink to purple, Apr-May; fruit a schizocarp splitting into 4 dark brown to black mericarps or "nutlets" 4-6mm long. | |