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Symphytum bohemicum F.W.SCHMIDT |
Fam.: Boraginaceae / Borrage Fam. |
Synon.: Symphytum officinale L. subsp. bohemicum (F.W.SCHMIDT) CELAK. |
Genus: Symphytum L. |
Authors: | |||
Franz Willibald Schmidt (1764 - 1796), botanist from Prague (Bohemia) | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Ladislav Josef Celakovský (1834 - 1902), Czech botanist | |||
Etymology: | |||
Symphytum: | symphyein = to grow together (medical plant) | ||
bohemicum: | from Bohemia | ||
officinale: | medicine | ||
The Bohemian subspecies of the Comfrey has a more dainty figure and more narrow leaves than the usual subspecies. Its blossoms are always yellowish white, somewhat smaller but at the lower end more open than those of the usual Comfrey. However this taxon is not accepted by some authors. | ||
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