Symphytum tuberosum L.

Tuberous Comfrey

Minimum height	15
Maximal height	40
Life form	Ge
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	70, 96, 100, 112, 144
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	E
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.4.2
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CEU
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	4
EIV T	x
EIV K	4
EIV F	6
EIV R	7
EIV N	5
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5a
WZ-scale	5
RZ-scale	3
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	2-3
FS- scale	3
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	2-3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	5
LB-scale	5
CB-scale	4
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	1720.967
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	171.667
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	26.382
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.380
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	65.233

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.