WorldFloraDB - Symphytum tuberosum

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 45-60 cm high and spreads 90-100 cm wide. It forms tubers and keeps growing from year to year. The stems are hairy. The leaves are 25 cm long. The flowers are pale yellow and droop. Long green sepals cover half of the flower.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

epizoochory

Mature width (meter)

0.6 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 0.6

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-10.

More

Woods, scrub and by rivers.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are used in vegetable soups. The roots are roasted then ground and used as a coffee substitute.

Uses	coffee substitute environmental use medicinal wood
Edible	leaves roots
Therapeutic use	Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity	weak toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity	weak toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-