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Symphytum L.

Raunioyrtit Comfrey
Symphytum, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Symphytum, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]
Symphytum (Boraginaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Choreutis pariana, Coleophora pennella, C. pulmonariella, Ctenoplusia albostriata, Ethmia bipunctella

600x840 (~84Kb) USA: Issaquah (47°32'35N 122°04'02W), King Co., WA, 7.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela Symphytum sp. det. Seán A. O'Hara	640x958 (~72Kb) USA: Issaquah (47°32'35N 122°04'02W), King Co., WA, 7.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela Symphytum sp. det. Seán A. O'Hara	600x905 (~103Kb) USA: Wallingford, Seattle, King Co., WA, 24.6.2000, Photo © Markku Savela Symphytum sp. det. Seán A. O'Hara
1000x707 (~86Kb) USA: Wallingford, Seattle, King Co., WA, 24.6.2000, Photo © Markku Savela Symphytum sp. det. Seán A. O'Hara

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Symphytum officinale L.

Rohtoraunioyrtti Common Comfrey Vallört
Symphytum officinale, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Symphytum officinale ; [RK, 350]; [SK, 474]; [GMBOT, 683]; [FPN, 398]

800x541 (~46Kb) Finland, Espoo, ?Sept 2002, Photo 19092002_02 © Timo Viitanen

Foodplant for Acleris laterana, Diachrysia chrysitis, Ethmia lugubris, E. quadrillella quadrillela

S. o. var. officinale

Symphytum officinale var. officinale ; [RK, 350]

S. o. var. bohemicum (F. W. Schmidt) Pers.

Symphytum bohemicum F. W. Schmidt
Symphytum officinale var. bohemicum ; [RK, 350]

Symphytum asperum Lepechin

Tarharaunioyrtti Rough Comfrey Prickly Comfrey Fodervallört
Symphytum asperum ; [RK, 350]; [FPN, 398]

776x1222 (~115Kb) Finland, Ylöjärvi, Siivikkala, 18.7.2005 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio

848x1073 (~136Kb) Finland, Ylöjärvi, Siivikkala, 18.7.2005 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio

Symphytum × uplandicum Nymam

Ruotsinraunioyrtti Uppländsk vallört
Symphytum asperum × officinale
Symphytum peregrinum auct.
Symphytum × uplandicum ; [RK, 350]

550x753 (~47Kb) Finland, Nokia, Kankaantaka, 11.9.1993 © Harri Arkkio

900x1028 (~80Kb) Finland, Tampere, Kaarila, 17.7.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

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References:

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[FPN]

Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1998; Flora of the Pacific Northwest (11th ed.); ISBN 0-295-95273-3

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[GNSP]

Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela, A. J., Cajander, A. K., 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

[Timo Viitanen]

http://www.kuvarkisto.com/

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.