Symphytum tauricumWilld.

Crimean Comfrey

WFO wfo-0000432224 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. a Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-03 / obs. 196224319
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. b Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192989524
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. c Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194247220
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. d Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170415268
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. e Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111989498
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. f Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74853899
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. g Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73285497
Symphytum tauricum, photographed by Иван Пристрем
fig. h Иван Пристрем, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184792161

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Symphytum tauricum is native: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Bulgaria, East European Russia, Krym, Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeBulgariaEast European RussiaKrymRomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Symphytum tauricum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Krym KRY
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Symphytum borragineum Tausch
  • Symphytum bullatum Hornem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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