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Comfrey
widgetwilk ann
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Is this C
omfrey???
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Yviestevie
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My comfrey is white, don't know if it comes in different colours. I can't stand it so always hoick it out whenever I see it.
Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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Flowers not right for Symphytum sp....common name comfrey...see 4 pics below.
Look like another Pentaglottis sempervirens...common name Green alkanet.....must be THE weed of 2020.
This is Pentaglottis.
Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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widgetwilk ann
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Thanks, it is differently the lower pictures , shame I thought it was comfrey, thanks again for you information.
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widgetwilk ann
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Have I got it right now???
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Borago officinalis...common name
starflower.
Flowers look fab frozen in an ice cube.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Borago+officinalis&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVzcG-67DpAhUHYcAKHYzBDvAQ_AUoAXoECBgQAw&biw=1920&bih=938
Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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widgetwilk ann
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Oh no, so that's not Comfrey???
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widgetwilk ann
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Oh no, so that's not Comfrey???
Err NO.!
Comfrey is the common name for Symphytum sp.
Comfrey have tiny dangling bell shape flower...they can be purple, pink or white.
See the pics I posted above earlier
Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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widgetwilk ann
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Thanks, I did see the photos, but when I just passed these I thought that was it, OK, will keep looking, thanks again
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Look like another Pentaglottis sempervirens...common name Green alkanet.....must be THE weed of 2020.
This is Pentaglottis.
Flowers look fab frozen in an ice cube.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Borago+officinalis&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVzcG-67DpAhUHYcAKHYzBDvAQ_AUoAXoECBgQAw&biw=1920&bih=938
Comfrey is the common name for Symphytum sp.
Comfrey have tiny dangling bell shape flower...they can be purple, pink or white.
See the pics I posted above earlier