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Borages
Borago
Borago, or borage, is a genus of five species of herbs native to the Mediterranean, with one species, Borago officinalis cultivated and naturalized throughout the world.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius
1485 · p.58
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.57
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.87
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.55
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.58
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.76
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.57
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.86
Garden of Health
1507 · p.62
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.309
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1358
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.637
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Borago in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52288.