BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Symphytum (comfreys)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Cultivar	Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue' (S. asperum x grandiflorum x officinale) (Hidcote Comfrey)		6
Species	Symphytum asperum Lepechin (Rough Comfrey)				2
Hybrid	Symphytum asperum x officinale (S. x uplandicum) Nyman (Russian Comfrey)	9	18		4
Species	Symphytum grandiflorum DC. (Creeping Comfrey)		9	2
Species	Symphytum officinale L. (Common Comfrey)	2	1		14
Species	Symphytum orientale L. (White Comfrey)	8
Species	Symphytum tuberosum L. (Tuberous Comfrey)				4

Suggested Literature

Symphytum may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Symphytum:

		is foodplant of	Mogulones asperifoliarum - a beetle (Coleoptera)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	debris (wet, dead, decayed)	wet, dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Pterula caricis-pendulae - a coral fungus (Agaricales: Pterulaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	flower	flower is galled by larva	Dasineura symphyti - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf (basal, base of) (decayed)	decayed leaf (basal, base of) is decayed by fruitbody	Hemimycena candida - a toadstool (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	leaf	leaf is mined by communal larva	Agromyza abiens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch which can fill entire leaf]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Agromyza myosotidis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch]
	leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Longitarsus curtus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Kevan D.K., 1967 Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Longitarsus curtus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Kevan D.K., 1967 Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Longitarsus nasturtii - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Kevan D.K., 1967 Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Longitarsus nasturtii - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Kevan D.K., 1967 Bullock, J.A., 1992
	stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Lachnella villosa - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	stem (large) (dead)	dead stem (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Lachnella alboviolascens - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Symphytum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References