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Comfrey

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  • Comfrey (Symphytum tuberosum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum asperrimum): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
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    Comfrey (Symphytum asperrimum): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    Naudin, Philibert, active 1870. | Date: [1865] | Reference: 24673i
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    Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16793i
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    Comfrey : past, present and future / by Lawrence D. Hills.

    Hills, Lawrence Donegan, 1911-1990. | Date: 1976
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    Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23770i
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    Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16795i
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