Edible portion : Leaves, Leaves - tea, Herbs, Vegetable, Flowers, [Caution], Roots coffee,
A low clumpy plant with large long rough leaves. A dense crown of leaves and shoots develops. Plants are 30-90 cm tall. Leaves are 30-60 cm long and 10-20 cm wide. Lower leaves have leaf stalks and are branched. The inner leaves do not have leaf stalks. The flower stalk has many flowers. The flowers are purple, red or yellowish white. The nutlets are black, oval, 3-4 mm across and smooth an shiny.
Distribution : It is a temperate plant. It grows satisfactorily from sea level up to at least 2200 m altitude in the tropics. It will grow in very poor soil. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 3-9. In Hobart Botanical gardens.
Common names : Common Comfrey, Knit-bones, Consuelda, Feketenadaly, Gavez crni, Ju he cao, Konsoda, Konsolida, Madunica, Medunica, Nadalyto, Navadni gabez, Riebesaknis, Valurt,
Synonyms:
Symphytum peregrinum Ledeb.;