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PLANTS

Common comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Plants
ToxicIntroducedInvasiveHerbPerennialmai to août
Common comfrey, In flower
Common comfrey, In fruit
Common comfrey, Flower buds

Toxic. Perennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec and invasive. Grows in fields and in urban areas. Flowers from May to August.

There are 383 observations of Common comfrey in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Montréal and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Capitale-Nationale162
  2. Montréal78
  3. Montérégie41
  4. Estrie31
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent13
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches12
  7. Laurentides10
  8. Mauricie8
  9. Outaouais8
  10. Centre-du-Québec4
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean4
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue4
  13. Laval3
  14. Lanaudière3
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  16. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

FieldsMario Hains
Towns and gardensAndre Carrotflower

Similar species

Prickly comfreySymphytum asperum
TOXIC
Gypsy-flowerCynoglossum officinale
Tall bluebellsMertensia paniculata
DEADLY
Purple foxgloveDigitalis purpurea
TOXIC
Common borageBorago officinalis
TOXIC
Bitter dockRumex obtusifolius
Virginia stickseedHackelia virginiana
Dame's rocketHesperis matronalis
Virginia bluebellsMertensia virginica
TOXIC
Common lungwortPulmonaria officinalis
Hairy beardtonguePenstemon hirsutus
Black mulleinVerbascum nigrum