Borage
Borage | |
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Borage flouer | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | (unplaced) |
Faimily: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Borago |
Species: | B. officinalis |
Binomial name | |
Borago officinalis |
Borage (Borago officinalis), forby kent as a starnflouer, is an annual yerb. It is native tae the Mediterranean region an haes naituralized in mony ither locales. It grows satisfactorily in gairdens in the UK climate, remainin in the gairden frae year tae year bi sel-seedin. The leafs is edible an the plant is grown in gairdens for that purpose in some pairts o Europe. The plant is commercially cultivatit for borage seed oil, extract frae its seeds, an aa.