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Herbarium specimen: Symphytum

Taxon:Boraginaceae: Symphytum L.
Other name:Boraginaceae: Symphytum asperum Lepech. ("Rough Comfrey")
named by Augustin Ley

Variety ?

Filed in taxon folder:Boraginaceae: Symphytum L.
Collected by:Rev. William Henry Purchas
Collection date:19/6/1877
Locality:Great Britain, VC57 Derbyshire, Youlgreave, SK26, Root from'
Cultivated Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Alstonfield, SK15, Cult Hort by Rev. William Henry Purchas
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Symphytum  herbarium specimen from Youlgreave, VC57 Derbyshire in 1877 by Rev. William Henry Purchas.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:'S asperimum Bieb variety?' [= S asperum] cf Bot Journal 1879, p 85
Filing note:Symphytum hybrids

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