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Tuberous Comfrey

Symphytum tuberosum

780Records since 2000
MayPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb9
Mar19
Apr92
May501
Jun92
Jul21
Aug6
Sep6
Oct2
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland54
2Highland Scotland45
3North Ayrshire Scotland44
4Glasgow City Scotland38
5City of Edinburgh Scotland33
6Argyll and Bute Scotland33
7Stirling Scotland30
8East Lothian Scotland27
9Fife Scotland26
10Scottish Borders Scotland24
11Perth and Kinross Scotland20
12South Ayrshire Scotland19
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland18
14Midlothian Scotland18
15West Lothian Scotland18
74 England284 Scotland7 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
780
Peak month
May
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Symphytum tuberosum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,376
Most recorded in
Aberdeenshire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Symphytum
Name with authority
Symphytum tuberosum L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159613 · GBIF 2926065