Hounds tongue v comfrey

Has anyone tried using hounds tongue in place of comfrey?  Like most  I grow comfrey as a chop and drop bioaccumulator around trees and along fence lines.  However, I live in an cold northern area that gets little precipitation (17in/y; 43 cm/y) and the comfrey struggles a bit.  Hounds tongue on the other hand grows well and wild here.  Thinking maybe I should try using it in place of comfrey. I'd chop it before it goes to seed.

Hi Paul,
I don't know anything about hounds tongue, but if one grows well and the other doesn't, it sounds like it's worth at least trying.

I don't know a lot about the plant, so I did a quick search.  To me, it sounds like a frankly horrible plant.  Noxious, poisonous, seed cases that are burrs, and on and on.  There are so many plants that create biomass, I personally would go with a different one.

I grow literal tons of comfrey in a climate that sounds like yours.  It has so many great qualities, from creating tons of biomass to being medicinal, to attracting thousands of bees, mainly bumblebees.  Trading it for houndstongue isn't a trade I would be willing to make.  If comfrey just doesn't grow well for you for some reason, maybe borage or something?

Hounds Tongue seems kinda nasty.
How well does burdock grow in your environment?
It has burs , like hounds tongue, but it's not poisonous but actually edible.

William Bronson wrote: Hounds Tongue seems kinda nasty.
How well does burdock grow in your environment?
It has burs , like hounds tongue, but it's not poisonous but actually edible.

I don't advocate for bringing Burdock into an area that it's not currently in as future generations would be cursing you.

But I use Burdock extensively since it grows prolifically on my property, I use it exactly like most use comfrey. Chop and drop, mulch, weed tea, even animal feed.

Marc, you make a good point.
I just planted some grocery store burdock, but I do it with the thought it will be there forever.
It is a lot like comfrey but not sterile and that makes it a hazard.
I cut them down and use the leaves as mulch whenever I have time, but I always make time to cut off the flowering heads.
Honestly, I think it could survive being caged with chickens, which comfrey cannot.

Let me pitch another broadleaf plant.
The China Pink, Colocasia esculenta, Elephant Ear.
It  <might>  be edible.
https://permies.com/t/20858/root-crops/cultivars-Colocasia-esculenta-taro-edible#1601094