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Creeping comfrey

Symphytum grandiflorum

349Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb17
Mar90
Apr143
May37
Jun17
Jul5
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2Norfolk England20
3Sefton England15
4Herefordshire, County of England13
5York England10
6Oxfordshire England9
7Surrey England8
8Gloucestershire England8
9Somerset England6
10Suffolk England5
11West Berkshire England5
12Northamptonshire England4
13Bath and North East Somerset England4
14Sheffield England4
15Kent England3
328 England12 Scotland7 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
349
Peak month
April
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Symphytum grandiflorum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,479
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Symphytum
Name with authority
Symphytum grandiflorum DC.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17417209 · GBIF 4067302