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Plant family: boraginaceae

 

I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the boraginaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name Common name Category FlowersSize
Borago officinalis borageannual blue (summer)1-3'
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' false forget-me-notperennial blue (April-May)12"
Cerinthe major Purpurescens honeywortannual purple (spring-summer)30"
Cynoglossum amabile Chinese forget-me-notannual blue (summer)12-18"
Echium amoenum biennial/perennial purple-red (summer)16"
Echium plantagineum viper's buglossannual various colors, white-lavender-blue (summer)2-3'
Echium russicum biennial (Z5-8) purple-red (summer)18-24"
Eritrichium sibiricum blue15"
Hackelia floribunda manyflower stickseedbiennial/perennial blue (May)12"
Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward' shrubby gromwellperennial (Z6-10) blue (spring)6"
Mertensia pterocarpa Japanese bluebellsperennial (Z4) blue6-12"
Mertensia simplicissima perennial (Z6-8) blue (summer)6"
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebellsperennial blue-purple1-2 ft
Myosotis scorpioides true forget-me-not; water forget-me-notperennial (Z3-8) soft blue (summer)12-18"
Nemophila menziesii 'Penny Black' baby blue-eyes; five-spotannual dark purple/white6-12"
Onosma sorgerae ssp. sorgerae
Phacelia tanacetifolia fiddleneckannual blue
Pulmonaria longifolia 'E.B. Anderson' longleaf lungwortperennial (Z3-8) blue (mid-spring)6"
Pulmonaria officinalis lungwortperennial blue and pink (early spring)12"
Pulmonaria rubra Christmas cowslip; red lungwortperennial pinkish red (April)12"
Pulmonaria saccharata 'De Vroomen's Pride' Bethlehem sageperennial blue/pink (April-May)12"
Symphytum officinale comfreyperennial (Z4-9) purple (spring)2'

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Last modified: November 14, 2006
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