Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. It has these very blue flowers and red buds and rough bristly hairs on the calyx and stem (hence "Rough"!). The only possibly similar would be Russian Comfrey but that is softly hairy and usually has flowers from pale pink to blue washed with red.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. It has these very blue flowers and red buds and rough bristly hairs on the calyx and stem (hence "Rough"!). The only possibly similar would be Russian Comfrey but that is softly hairy and usually has flowers from pale pink to blue washed with red.

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

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (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. It's actually quite rare to find, and there is literally masses of it here.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. It's actually quite rare to find, and there is literally masses of it here.

Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Close-up of the spiky nature of the calyx.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Close-up of the spiky nature of the calyx.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (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. Common Comfrey has leaves with long wings running down the stem. Rough Comfrey has leaves without wings as you can just about see here.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. Common Comfrey has leaves with long wings running down the stem. Rough Comfrey has leaves without wings as you can just about see here.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (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 clearly see the bristles here.

Rough Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 alongside old cement works site/Dacre Gardens, Upper Beeding, W Sussex. You can clearly see the bristles here.