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White comfrey

Symphytum orientale

2,573Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb14
Mar370
Apr1,164
May802
Jun114
Jul32
Aug14
Sep12
Oct17
Nov5
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England227
2Suffolk England209
3Cambridgeshire England148
4Essex England111
5Kent England105
6Oxfordshire England101
7Surrey England62
8Brighton and Hove England41
9Lincolnshire England40
10Worcestershire England33
11Northamptonshire England25
12Devon England24
13Gloucestershire England22
14Portsmouth England20
15Bedford England19
980 England12 Scotland3 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,573
Peak month
April
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Symphytum orientale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,643
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Symphytum
Name with authority
Symphytum orientale L.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3507926 · GBIF 4067112