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Borage Family
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Scorpioides
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Water Forget-me-not or Scorpion
Grass - bogs and wet places beside streams - native to
Eurasia
Grass - bogs and wet places beside streams - native to
Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
13 species
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Laxa
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Tufted, Bay or Small-flowered
Forget-me-not - native to North America
Forget-me-not - native to North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 8 2014
More True Forget-me-not
Updated October 27 2009
More Smaller Forget-me-not
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - formerly used to treat respiratory problems -
also known as Jeruselum Cowslip - Pulmon is Latin for
the lungs - native to Eurasia
also known as Jeruselum Cowslip - Pulmon is Latin for
the lungs - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 10 2010
More Common Lungwort
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Echium
Species: Vulgare
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial - also known as Blueweed - native to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 21 2016
More Viper's Bugloss
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: Rubra
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - Pulmon is Latin for the lungs - also known as
Bethlehem Sage, Christmas Cowslip, Redstart, Lung
Lichen - native to Eurasia
Bethlehem Sage, Christmas Cowslip, Redstart, Lung
Lichen - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated April 16 2010
More Red Lungwort
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Lithospermum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Common Gromwell - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 1 2010
More European Stoneseed
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Symphytum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Knitbone, Boneset - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated April 2 2013
More Common Comfrey
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Hackelia (also Lappula)
Species: Virginiana
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial / Perennial - also known as Beggar's Lice,
Stickseed, Virginia Stickseed, Wild Comfrey - native to
eastern North America
Stickseed, Virginia Stickseed, Wild Comfrey - native to
eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 8 2011
More Beggarslice
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Cynoglossum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial - also known as Gypsy Flower - native to Eurasia
and Africa
and Africa
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 14 2014
More Hound's-tongue
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Stricta (also Micrantha)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual - also known as Small-flowered Forget-me-not,
Blue Scorpion Grass - native to Eurasia
Blue Scorpion Grass - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated June 3 2012
More Strict Forget-me-not
True Forget-me-not - flower 8 to 18 mm - leaves 2.5 to 5 cm - height 15 to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2009
Smaller Forget-me-not - flower 4 to 8 mm - leaves 2 to 6 cm - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - June 2009
Common Lungwort - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves 5 to 10 cm - height to 30 cm - High Park - April 2009
European Stoneseed - flower approx 5 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves approx. 3 cm - height to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2009
Common Comfrey - flower approx 1.5 cm - fruit approx. 4 mm - leaves 15 to 30 cm - height to 1 m - Samuel Smith Park - May 2012
Beggarslice - flower approx 3 mm - fruit approx. 6 mm - leaves to 20 cm - height to 1.5 m - West Don Valley (E.T. Seton Park) - July 2010
Hound's-tongue - flower approx 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves (basal) to 30 cm, smaller towards the top - height to 80 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2011
Strict Forget-me-not - flower approx. 2 mm - leaves to 2.5 cm - height to 20 cm - Toronto Islands - May 2012
Red Lungwort - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves to 15 cm - height to 60 cm - Rouge Valley Park - April 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Lithospermum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Common Gromwell - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 1 2010
More European Stoneseed
European Stoneseed - flower approx 5 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves approx. 3 cm - height to 60 cm - Leslie Spit - October 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Lithospermum (also Buglossoides)
Species: Arvensis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual - also known as Field Gromwell - fields and waste
areas - native to Eurasia
areas - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated May 4 2015
More Corn Gromwell
Corn Gromwell - flower approx 6 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves to 6 cm - height to 50 cm - High Park - May 2012
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Borago
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual - also known as Starflower - native to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated August 1 2015
More Common Borage
Common Borage - flower approx 2 cm - leaves 5 to 15 cm - height to 75 cm - University of Toronto (King's College) - July 2015
Viper's Bugloss - flower 1.5 to 2.5 cm - leaves to 15 cm (stem), 30 cm (basal) - height to 80 cm - Thorncliffe Park (Walmsley Brook) - August 2015
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Mertensia
Species: Virginica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Virginia Cowslip, Mertensia - rich
woods and meadows - native to eastern North America
woods and meadows - native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated May 20 2016
More Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Bluebells - flower approx 2.5 cm - leaves to 15 cm - height to 60 cm - West Oak Trails (Oakville) - May 2016