Borage family (Boraginaceae)

The Borage family includes forget-me-nots and comfreys. Flowers are small with 5 petals, often in curved clusters. Stems and leaves are often bristly.

List of flowers currently featured in the Borage family

Bugloss Viper's Bugloss Common Comfrey Creeping Comfrey Russian Comfrey White Comfrey Hound's-tongue
Bugloss
Anchusa arvensis
Viper's Bugloss
Echium vulgare
Common Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
Creeping Comfrey
Symphytum grandiflorum
Russian Comfrey
Symphytum x uplandicum
White Comfrey
Symphytum orientale
Hound's-tongue
Cynoglossum officinale


Green Alkanet Lungwort Borage Field Forget-me-not Water Forget-me-not Changing Forget-me-not Early Forget-me-not
Green Alkanet
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Lungwort
Pulmonaria officinalis
Borage
Borago officinalis
Field Forget-me-not
Myosotis arvensis
Water Forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpiodes
Changing Forget-me-not
Myosotis discolor
Early Forget-me-not
Myosotis ramosissima




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