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Symphytum 200c7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() The flowers are arranged in curled cymes and vary considerably in colour - white, pale yellow, purple, purple-blue, rose and crimson forms being found. The plant grows up to 90 cm high and prefers moist, marshy places. Symphytum officinale is the comfrey, a coarse perennial native to Europe and Asia with winged stems and large, rough leaves. SYMPHYTUM The 35 species in the genus Symphytum are coarse, hairy herbs with simple, opposite or basal leaves and pendent, tubular to club-shaped flowers. The eight remaining species are placed in the tribe Cynoglosseae, in the tribe Lithospermaea, or in the tribe Boragineae. Of the nine species used in homoeopathy, Heliotropium is the only species belonging to the former subfamily. The latter can be further subdivided into five tribes. The family is divided into two subfamilies: Heliotropiodeae and Boraginoideae. This is due to the presence of certain pigments which react to the pH of the soil, a red colour of the bloom indicating acidity, violet indicating neutral and blue alkaline. The flowers may change from red to violet to blue, during the blooming period. Many species have pendulous flowers, e.g. The flowers are predominantly insect-pollinated, with blue, white, pink or yellow flowers. The inflorescence uncoils progressively as the flowers open so that the newly opened blooms always face the same direction. Characteristically, the stems, leaves, and inflorescences are covered in rough hairs. The family is found throughout temperate and subtropical areas of the world with a major centre of distribution in the Mediterranean region. Boraginaceae.ĬLASSIFICATION The Boraginaceae or Forget-me-not family comprises some 100 genera and about 2000 species of annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, trees and a few lianas with simple entire leaves, and salver- or bell-shaped flowers with typically 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens and a superior ovary. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars! ![]()
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