Borago officinalis L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Borage
🇫🇷 Bourrache officinale

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Tribe: Boragineae
Subtribe: Boragininae
Genus: Borago
Species: Borago officinalis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/borago-officinalis.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-2.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-3.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-4.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-5.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-6.webp — Borago officinalis

img/borago-officinalis-7.webp — Borago officinalis - Flower buds

img/borago-officinalis-8.webp — Borago officinalis - Leaf

img/borago-officinalis-9.webp — Borago officinalis - Stem

img/borago-officinalis-10.webp — Borago officinalis - White-flowered individual

img/borago-officinalis-11.webp — Borago officinalis - White-flowered individual

img/borago-officinalis-12.webp — Borago officinalis - White-flowered individual

Sources

Bilz, M. (2013). Borago officinalis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2013. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202942/2758153
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 545). Biotope.