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Prickly comfrey

Symphytum asperum

218Records since 2000
MayPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr23
May103
Jun47
Jul20
Aug9
Sep5
Oct6
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England10
2Essex England9
3Suffolk England7
4Worcestershire England7
5Cambridgeshire England6
6Norfolk England5
7Devon England5
8North Yorkshire England4
9Gloucestershire England4
10Cumbria England4
11Nottinghamshire England4
12Leeds England4
13Fife Scotland4
14Scottish Borders Scotland4
15Oxfordshire England3
7 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
218
Peak month
May
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Symphytum asperum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
169
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Symphytum
Name with authority
Symphytum asperum Lepech.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1633872 · GBIF 2926066