Boraginaceae
Adelinia grande (Douglas ex Lehm.) J.I.Cohen
Adelinia grande (Douglas ex Lehm.) J.I.Cohen
Adelinia grande is a blue-flowered perennial herb native to shady western North American woodland and chaparral habitats.
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum (L.) Holub
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum (L.) Holub
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum is a bushy flowering herb with color-changing flowers, distributed across Europe and West Asia.
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch
Alkanna tinctoria is a Mediterranean plant with bright blue flowers and distinctively colored roots. It has 30 dysploid tetraploid chromosomes.
Amsinckia calycina (Moris) Chater
Amsinckia calycina (Moris) Chater
Amsinckia calycina is a poisonous annual flowering herb in the Boraginaceae family native to South America.
Amsinckia menziesii (Lehm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Amsinckia menziesii (Lehm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Amsinckia menziesii, commonly called fiddleneck, is a bristly annual that is native to western North America and introduced elsewhere.
Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray
Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray
Amsinckia tessellata is a bristly annual herb similar to other fiddlenecks, blooming from March to June.
Amsinckia vernicosa Hook. & Arn.
Amsinckia vernicosa Hook. & Arn.
Amsinckia vernicosa is a waxy, hairy annual fiddleneck herb with coiled inflorescences of yellow or orange tubular flowers.
Anchusa azurea Mill.
Anchusa azurea Mill.
Anchusa azurea Mill., a bristly perennial in Boraginaceae, is cultivated as a garden ornamental with edible blue flowers.
Anchusa officinalis L.
Anchusa officinalis L.
Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss/alkanet) is a Eurasian herb, a major nectar source for pollinators, with obsolete historical medicinal uses.
Anchusa undulata L.
Anchusa undulata L.
Anchusa strigosa has linear toothed leaves, smaller pedicels than bracts, and inflated fruiting calyces, and is also called Buglossum lusitanicum by Tournef.
Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I.Cohen
Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I.Cohen
Andersonglossum virginianum is a hairy North American borage that contains liver-damaging pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Asperugo procumbens L.
Asperugo procumbens L.
Asperugo procumbens (German madwort) is the only species in genus Asperugo, an annual trailing plant native to Eurasia.
Borago officinalis L.
Borago officinalis L.
Borago officinalis (borage) is a Mediterranean herb grown for culinary, medicinal, and oilseed use, and contains toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Brunnera macrophylla (Adams) I.M.Johnst.
Brunnera macrophylla (Adams) I.M.Johnst.
Brunnera macrophylla is a shade-tolerant herbaceous perennial native to the Caucasus, grown as ornamental groundcover with blue spring flowers.
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst.
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst.
Buglossoides arvensis is a Boraginaceae flowering plant whose refined seed oil is developed for food and health uses.
Cerinthe major L.
Cerinthe major L.
Cerinthe major L. is an annual honeywort native to the Mediterranean, introduced to New Zealand, with varied garden cultivars.
Cerinthe minor L.
Cerinthe minor L.
Cerinthe minor L. is characterized by stem - clasping, entire leaves, paired fruits, acute closed corollas, and deeply five - lobed flowers, and is cited in various botanical works.
Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene
Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene
Cryptantha intermedia is an annual hairy herb reaching up to half a meter tall, bearing small bright white flowers.
Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene
Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene
Wingnut cryptantha (Cryptantha pterocarya) is an annual hairy flowering borage native to the western United States.
Cynoglossum amabile Stapf & J.R.Drumm.
Cynoglossum amabile Stapf & J.R.Drumm.
Cynoglossum amabile, Chinese forget-me-not, is an ornamental annual flowering plant native to Asia that contains toxic alkaloids.
Cynoglossum australe R.Br.
Cynoglossum australe R.Br.
Cynoglossum australe (Australian hound's tongue) is an upright herb widespread across multiple regions of Australia.
Cynoglossum creticum Mill.
Cynoglossum creticum Mill.
Cynoglossum creticum is a Mediterranean Boraginaceae plant invasive in parts of the US, commonly known as blue hound's tongue.
Cynoglossum officinale L.
Cynoglossum officinale L.
Cynoglossum officinale L. (houndstongue) is a toxic, sometimes weedy flowering plant found in Europe and introduced North America.
Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl) Thunb. ex Lehm.
Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl) Thunb. ex Lehm.
Cynoglossum zeylanicum, or Ceylon's hound's tongue, is a flowering plant native to wide areas of Asia and introduced to the Americas.
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