Family: Boraginaceae
Common name: Common Fiddleneck
Scientific name: Amsinckia micrantha
Date taken: 13/5/2023
Notes: Introduced species from the US occasionally found in sandy wastelands. Not easily confused with other borages, but one similar species, A. lycopsoides, was also reported from the UK. A. lycopsoides is supposedly larger and has scales on the corolla tube, but personally I haven't fully grasped the difference between the two species.
Family: Boraginaceae
Common name: White Comfrey
Scientific name: Symphytum orientale
Date taken: 1/4/2023
Notes: Could be distinguished from other comfreys by its white flowers, calyx teeth <1/2 length of tube, unwinged stems, and upright stature. This population is found growing naturally on banks of agricultural ditches.
Family: Boraginaceae
Common name: Creeping comfrey
Scientific name: Symphytum grandiflorum
Date taken: 29/3/2023
Notes: A garden escape. Flowers earlier than other comfreys. Flowers buds red but turn to cream coloured when open. Compared to White Comfrey (Symphytum orientale), plant tends to be shorter and leaves glossier.
