Cynoglossum virginianum

Wild Comfrey

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Family: Boraginaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - June

Wild Comfrey is a perennial plant with long (15-40cm), broad, slightly fuzzy lower leaves that attach to the stalk in an elongated petiole-like form. The base of its upper leaves wrap around the stalk, clasping it. Its flowers are at the top of the central stalk with no leaves above them.




13 June 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
10 June 2011
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
21 April 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
21 April 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
4 May 2019
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
13 June 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
(ripening seeds)
   




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