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'''''Symphytum caucasicum''''' ('''Beinwell''', '''Blue Comfrey''', '''Caucasian Comfrey''') is an [[ornamental plant]] of ''[[Symphytum]]'' genus in the [[Boraginaceae]] family, which is native to [[Caucasus]]. It is a very beautiful flower.
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Symphytum caucasicum, Bieb. Perennial, 1-2 ft. high, branched, softly pilose-hirsute, grayish: st. erect: lower lvs. oblong, attenuate to the petiole; upper lvs. narrowly and shortly decurrent: fls. paniculate-corymbose, blue; calyx viscidulus and setulose; corolla tubular-funnelform, lobes shortly and broadly ovate. Caucasus.
 
Symphytum caucasicum, Bieb. Perennial, 1-2 ft. high, branched, softly pilose-hirsute, grayish: st. erect: lower lvs. oblong, attenuate to the petiole; upper lvs. narrowly and shortly decurrent: fls. paniculate-corymbose, blue; calyx viscidulus and setulose; corolla tubular-funnelform, lobes shortly and broadly ovate. Caucasus.
 
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 22 June 2010


Caucasian Comfrey


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32.
Width: ⇔ 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32.
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers, birds
USDA Zones: 5 to 10
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Symphytum caucasicum (Beinwell, Blue Comfrey, Caucasian Comfrey) is an ornamental plant of Symphytum genus in the Boraginaceae family, which is native to Caucasus. It is a very beautiful flower.


Read about Symphytum caucasicum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Symphytum caucasicum, Bieb. Perennial, 1-2 ft. high, branched, softly pilose-hirsute, grayish: st. erect: lower lvs. oblong, attenuate to the petiole; upper lvs. narrowly and shortly decurrent: fls. paniculate-corymbose, blue; calyx viscidulus and setulose; corolla tubular-funnelform, lobes shortly and broadly ovate. Caucasus. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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References


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