Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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[1774]
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16795i
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Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The plant depicted is possibly prickly comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum Nyman.) which is grown as a forage plant

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 23.0 cm

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Symphytum Echii folio, angustiore, radice rubra, flore luteo. I.R.H.138. Ital. Sinfito. - Gall. Consoude

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Wellcome Collection 16795i

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