Symphytum × uplandicum, SE: Uppländsk vallört,
DE: Futter-Beinwell, NL: Smeerwortel hybride,
UK: Russian Comfrey, Blue Comfrey, Quaker Comfrey, Upland Comfrey

Scientific name:		Symphytum × uplandicumNyman (Symphytum asperum x officinale)
Swedish name:		Uppländsk vallört
German name:		Futter-Beinwell
Nederlandse naam:		Smeerwortel hybride
English name:		Russian Comfrey, Blue Comfrey, Quaker Comfrey, Upland Comfrey
Family:		Boraginaceae, Forget-me-not family, Strävbladiga växter

Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		Height 50-120 cm, hispid to scabrid, stout, often branched, tillering
Leaves:		Alternate, simple, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; apex acuminate, base decurrent into petiole and stem, forming a wing, upper leaves sessile; stipules absent
Inflorescence:		Terminal scorpioid cyme, many-flowered, bracts absent
Flowers:		Bisexual; pink-red buds and skyblue open corolla, with half dissected calyces; stamens and corolla appendages at same level; corolla lobes dentate
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Fruits:		Nutlets 3-4mm,2-2.5mm wide; brown, dull, fine-grainy
Habitat:		Roadsides, hedgebanks, woods
Distribution:		Throughout the country

Derivation of the botanical name: Symphytum, Greek sympho, symphein, to grow together; phyton, plant; used by Dioscorides for the plant called comfrey which was reputed to heal wounds. × uplandicum, upland. The standard author abbreviation Nyman is used to indicate Carl Fredrik Nyman (1820 - 1893), a Swedish botanist. Morphological and chemotaxonomic studies indicated that Symphytum × uplandicum is a hybrid between Symphytum officinale and Symphytum asperum. It interbreeds with Symphytum officinale. Compared to Symphytum officinale, Symphytum × uplandicum is generally more bristly and has flowers which tend to be more blue or violet.