Borage
Borago officinalis
About
Borage (/ˈbʌrɪdʒ/, Borago officinalis), also known as a starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and has naturalized in many other locales. It grows satisfactorily in gardens in the UK climate, remaining in the garden from year to year by self-seeding. The leaves are edible and the plant is grown in gardens for that purpose in some parts of Europe. The plant is also commercially...
- Family
- Boraginaceae
How to use it
Borage is grown in European gardens for its edible leaves. Additionally, the plant is cultivated commercially because its seeds provide a valuable oil.
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In the kitchen
The leaves of this plant are edible, and borage is grown in gardens for this culinary purpose in some parts of Europe. However, keep in mind that the plant contains small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
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Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Borage
- Slug
- borage
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Borago
- Species
- officinalis
- Category
- Flower
- Wikidata QID
- Q147075
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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