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§1 Plant

Cynoglossum virginianum L. var. boreale (Fernald) Cooperr.

vernacular wild comfrey — variety · Boraginaceae


USDA
CYVIB
GBIF
7800533 syn.
Rank
variety
wild comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum var. boreale)
Platephotograph · dogbowlbookpileCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Boraginaceae Juss.
Genus
Cynoglossum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 131 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 131 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 131 counties across 11 states/territories.

Maine view state ↗ 5 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N
New York view state ↗ 29 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 21 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CYVIB ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7800533 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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