Borage
Borage flouer
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Faimily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Borago
Species: B. officinalis
Binomial name
Borago officinalis

Borage (Borago officinalis), forby kent as a starnflouer, is an annual yerb. It is native tae the Mediterranean region an haes naituralized in mony ither locales. It grows satisfactorily in gairdens in the UK climate, remainin in the gairden frae year tae year bi sel-seedin. The leafs is edible an the plant is grown in gairdens for that purpose in some pairts o Europe. The plant is commercially cultivatit for borage seed oil, extract frae its seeds, an aa.