Family:
Boraginaceae Juss.

Symphytum Tourn. ex L.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Europe to W. Siberia and Iran.

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Ontario, Palestine, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Baltic States, Brazil West-Central, California, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Finland, Georgia, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang

Symphytum Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 8, 2011 Rico, L. [2253], Syria K000764197 No
Rico, L. [1706], Armenia K000297237 No

First published in Sp. Pl.: 136 (1753)

Accepted by

  • (2004). https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mch132. epublication.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0