Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Boraginales > Family Boraginaceae > Genus Borago

Borago officinalis L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Borago*	L.	accepted genus name
*Borago longifolia*	Poir.	taxonomically included in
*Borago morisiana*	Bigazzi & Ricceri	taxonomically included in
*Borago officinalis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Borago pygmaea*	(DC.) Chater & Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Borago trabutii*	Maire	taxonomically included in

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: borraja; borraña sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Asturian: borrah.a; borraja; borraxa sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: asun-asa; berroya; borrai; borraia; borraja; borraña; borroin; burbuillo; burruillo; larraborraya; morroina; murriona; murriun; murruiñ; murrun; porraiña; porraña; porroin sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: borraina; borraixa; borraja; borraja/borrages; borranya; borratge; borratja; borratxa; borratxes; herba de la tos; menages; orella d'os; pa i peixet; pa-i-peixet sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: (rohto)purasruoho sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: borrage; borragem; borraxa; borraxa silvestre sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

High Aragonese: borraina; borrajas; borraña sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Icelandic: Hjólkróna sources: Wasowicz, P. 2020: Annotated checklist of vascular plants of Iceland. – Garðabæ: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands

Majorcan: borraina; borratge; borratja sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: borrage; borragem; borragem ordinaria; borraxa; chupa-mel sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: aborraja; alcohelo; argabazo; árnica; borracha; borrachera; borrachuela; borraga; borraina; borraja; borraja blanca; borraja común; borraja fina; borrajas; borraxa; buglosa vulgar; burraja; corrago; flores cordiales; forrajas; lengua de buey; pulmunar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: gurkört sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS