Symphytum ibiricum, Steven

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 105

8. S. ibiricum Steven , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 2A (1): 579 (1851).

Rhizome creeping, rather slender, funiculiform, producing more or less ascending non-flowering and flowering stems 12-40 cm. Stems and leaves with very short hairs and setae up to 3 mm. Leaves ovate or elliptical, slightly cordate or rounded at base, the lower long-, the upper short-petiolate. Calyx 4-7 mm, lobed to | - |. Corolla (14—) 15—18(—19) mm, pale yellow. Scales Ungulate, rounded or sometimes emarginate at apex, the mar­ ginal papillae about as long as wide, the lower scattered, the upper dense. Stamens with filament j as long as the anther or more. Naturalized in hedges and grassland in S. & E. England. [Br.] (Caucasian region.)