Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Common Comfrey has these long calyx lobes (the similar-looking Russian Comfrey doesn't have such long calyx lobes but see later re the leaves is the defining ID feature).

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Common Comfrey has these long calyx lobes (the similar-looking Russian Comfrey doesn't have such long calyx lobes but see later re the leaves is the defining ID feature).

Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex.

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex.

Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. You can just about make out the winged leaves whereby the wing goes a long way down the stem - classic for Common Comfrey. The only similar would be Russian Comfrey but that has no or far shorter wings.

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. You can just about make out the winged leaves whereby the wing goes a long way down the stem - classic for Common Comfrey. The only similar would be Russian Comfrey but that has no or far shorter wings.

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex.

Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Leaf underside.

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Leaf underside.