Symphytum cordatum, Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.

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 : 104

6. S. cordatum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. , Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Sehr. 2: 121 (1799).

Rhizome creeping, uniformly stout. Stem 15-35(-5O) cm, simple, sparsely hairy; hairs up to 1-1 mm. Cauline leaves 2-4(-5), the lower large, cordate, longpetiolate, the upper rounded at the base, shortly petiolate or sessile. Inflorescence with up to 20 flowers. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla 13-18 mm, pale yellow, 1J-2 times as long as calyx. Scales triangular-lanceolate, the lower marginal papillae 2J-3£ times as long as wide, the upper smaller but distinctly longer than wide. Stamens with filament f - j as long as anther. 2zz = 18. Deciduous woods. • Carpathians, C. Romania, W. Ukraine. Cz Po Rm Rs (W).