Family: Borage [Boraginaceae] |
Aegonychon |
Amsinckia |
Anchusa |
Asperugo |
Borago |
Brunnera |
Buglossoides |
Cerinthe |
Cynoglossum |
Cynoglottis |
Echium |
Heliotropium |
Lappula |
Lithodora |
Lithospermum |
Lycopsis |
Mertensia |
Myosotis |
Nemophila |
Nonea |
Omphalodes |
Pentaglottis |
Phacelia |
Plagiobothrys |
Pulmonaria |
Symphytum |
Trachystemon |
The hairs on plants belonging to the Borage Family, if skin contact is made, can cause skin irritation in certain individuals, some plants more than others.
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[BORAGO] Borages
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Borage. (Borago officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[CYNOGLOSSUM] Hound's-tongues
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Hound's-tongue. (Cynoglossum officinale) | Photo: © RWD |
Green Hound's-Tongue (Cynoglossum germanicum) | Photo: © Moira O'Donnel |
[ECHIUM] Viper's-buglosses
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Viper's Bugloss. (Echium vulgare) | Photo: © RWD |
[AEGONYCHON] Gromwells
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Purple Gromwell (Aegonychon purpureocaeruleum) | Photo: © Foxy Lady |
[MERTENSIA] Oysterplants
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Oysterplant. (Mertensia maritima) | Photo: © Derek Mayes |
[MYOSOTIS] Forget-me-nots
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Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) | Photo: © RWD |
Wood Forget-me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Field Forget-me-Not (Myosotis arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
Changing Forget-me-Not (Myosotis discolor) | Photo: Jill Stott |
[BRUNNERA] Great Forget-me-Not
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Great Forget-me-Not (Brunnera macrophylla) |
[AMSINCKIA] Fiddlenecks
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Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia) | Photo: © RWD |
[NONEA] Monksworts
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Yellow Monkswort (Nonea lutea) | Photo: © Tony Pennick |
[ANCHUSA] Alkanets
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Bugloss (Anchusa arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
Alkanet (Anchusa officinalis) |
[BUGLOSSOIDES] Field Gromwell
Up until recently Field Gromwell fell under the Anchusa genus, but taxonomists have decided in their wisdom to create the entirely new genus Buglossoides to accommodate this. Buglossoides used to also contain Purple Gromwell (which was called (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum) but then called Buglossoides purpurocaerulea before being now called Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum within the new genus Aegonychon - which strangely is not in Stace 4). The genus Lithospermum has not been abandoned altogether; it contains (in AD2020) just one species now: Common Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale. Wikipaedia shows several other plants (which do not [yet] occur in the UK) now residing in this new genus. So, three different genera for the 3 species of Gromwells which occur in the UK. Watch this space over the coming decades! |
Field Gromwell (Buglossoides arvensis) | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
[TRACHYSTEMON] Abraham-Isaac-Jacob
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Abraham-Isaac-Jacob (Trachystemon orientalis) | Photo: © Jan McKinnell |
[CERINTHE] Honeyworts
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Greater Honeywort (Cerinthe major) | Photo: © RWD |
[SYMPHYTUM] Comfreys
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[Symphytum] COMFREY HYBRID CHART |
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Note that the table below, nominally listing all the species lacking hybrids, also contains a species which is derived from three different Comfreys, a triple hybrid of Rough Comfrey, Common Comfrey and Tuberous Comfrey, which are all present on the above hybrid chart. (Symphytum asperum x officinale x tuberosum)
There is also a cultivar,
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Symphytum SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS | ||||||||
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White Comfrey (Symphytum orientale) | Photo: © RWD |
Hidcote-Blue Comfrey (Symphytum × hidcotense) | Photo: © RWD |
Russian Comfrey (Symphytum × uplandicum) | Photo: © RWD |
Caucasian Comfrey (Symphytum caucasicum) | Photo: © RWD ************ OR A DIFFERING CONTRIBUTOR ************** |
[PENTAGLOTTIS] Green Alkanet
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Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) | Photo: © RWD |
[LITHOSPERMUM] Gromwells
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Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) | Photo: © RWD |
[PULMONARIA] Lungworts
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Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
Narrow-Leaved Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia) | Photo: © RWD |
Red Lungwort (Pulmonaria rubra) | Photo: © Sue Walker |
[PHACELIA] Phacelia
Both the genus Phacelia and the genus Nemophila are in the Hydrophyllaceae which is a sub-family of Boraginaceae. The taxonomy of the Boraginaceae is subject to much turmoil at the moment as taxonomists attempt to sort it all out. |
Tansy-Leaved Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) | Photo: © Anita Light |
[NEMOPHILA] Baby-blue-eyes
Both the genus Phacelia and the genus Nemophila are in the Hydrophyllaceae which is a sub-family of Boraginaceae. The taxonomy of the Boraginaceae is subject to much turmoil at the moment as taxonomists attempt to sort it all out. |
Baby-blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii) | Photo: © RWD |
Family: Borage [Boraginaceae] |