Symphytum  ottomanum Friv. 

S. ottomanum Friv., Flora (Regensb.), XIX (1836) 439; Boiss., Fl. Or., IV (1875) 176; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc., II (1928) 57; Pawl., Fl. Eur., Ill (1972) 105 — Турско зарасличе

Fam:  BORAGINACEAE   JUSS. 

Genus:  SYMPHYTUM L.

Species:  Symphytum  ottomanum  Friv. 

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Description: 

Symphytum ottomanum Friv.is a perennial plant, high 15 – 60 (70) cm. The stem is high, upright, branched out, ribbed, bristly, with spread or downloaded bristles. Leafs 1,5 – 13 cm long, 1 – 7 cm wide, oval or lanceously – oval. Racemes are multi-flowered, shaggy. Corolla is 5 – 7 mm long, pale yellow, tubular with straight shares. Stamen handle shorter or even of pollinators, which are 2,0 – 2,5 mm long. Pillar (pole) sticks out of the corolla.

Flowering Time:  April  -  August  

Origin: 

„Флора на НР България”, том IX, БАН, София, (1989) / (“Flora of Rep. Bulgaria”, vol. IX, Bulg. Acad. Sci. Sofia, (1989))

Distribution in Bulgaria: 

These plants grow in meadows, bushy, shady and woodlands in the plains, foothills, and mountains in all appropriate floristic regions in Bulgaria, from sea level up to 2000 m altitude. Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc 

Distribution: 

South-East Europe (Balkan Peninsula), South-West Asia (endemic deposit in Belikezir)

Conservation status and threats:  

not protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие. 

Medical plant: it is not medical plant - http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096

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