Common borage
बोरेजബോറേജ്
Borago officinalis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 72 cm
- wide
- 36 cm
Boraginaceae
Formerly Borago hortensis
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & C. Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 48 cm to 97 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 41 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- BlueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Borretsch
- Russian
- Огуречная трава
- Asturian
- borraxa
- Czech
- brutnák lékařský
- Welsh
- tafod yr ych
- Estonian
- Harilik kurgirohi
- Finnish
- kurkkuyrtti, purasruoho, rohtopurasruoho
- French
- Bourrache officinale
- Galician
- Borraxe
- Japanese
- ルリジサ
- Latvian
- Gurķene
- Macedonian
- Лисичинка
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Borago officinalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.