BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

BORAGINACEAE
(comfreys and forget-me-nots)

Symphytum
(comfreys)

Symphytum asperum
(Rough Comfrey)

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Symphytum asperum Lepechin (Rough Comfrey)

Suggested Literature

Symphytum asperum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Symphytum asperum:

	leaf (live)	live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous telium	Melampsorella symphyti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous, often covering whole leaf uredium	Melampsorella symphyti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

BORAGINACEAE
(comfreys and forget-me-nots)

Symphytum
(comfreys)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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