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Borage Family
Field Forget-me-not - flower 8 to 18 mm - leaves 2.5 to 5 cm - height 15 to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2009
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Scorpioides
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as True Forget-me-not or
Scorpion Grass - native to Europe and Asia
Scorpion Grass - native to Europe and Asia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
9 species
Smaller Forget-me-not - flower 4 to 8 mm - leaves 2 to 6 cm - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - June 2009
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Laxa
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Tufted or Bay Forget-me-not -
native to Canada
native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 10 2012
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Updated October 27 2009
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Common Lungwort - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves 5 to 10 cm - height to 30 cm - High Park - April 2009
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - formerly used to treat respiratory problems -
also known as Jeruselum Cowslip - Pulmon is Latin for
the lungs - native to Europe and Asia
also known as Jeruselum Cowslip - Pulmon is Latin for
the lungs - native to Europe and Asia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 10 2010
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Viper's Bugloss - flower 1.5 to 2.5 cm - leaves to 15 cm (stem), 30 cm (basal) - height to 80 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2008
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Echium
Species: Vulgare
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial - also known as Blueweed - native to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated August 14 2011
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Red Lungwort - flower approx. 1 cm - leaves to 15 cm - height to 60 cm - Rouge Valley (Range Valley Park) - April 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: Rubra
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - Pulmon is Latin for the lungs - also known as
Bethlehem Sage, Christmas Cowslip, Redstart, Lung
Lichen - native to Europe and Asia
Bethlehem Sage, Christmas Cowslip, Redstart, Lung
Lichen - native to Europe and Asia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated April 16 2010
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European Stoneseed - flower approx 5 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves approx. 3 cm - height to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2009
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Lithospermum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Common Gromwell - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 1 2010
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European Stoneseed - flower approx 5 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves approx. 3 cm - height to 60 cm - Leslie Spit - October 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Lithospermum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Common Gromwell - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 1 2010
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Common Comfrey - flower approx 1.5 cm - fruit approx. 4 mm - leaves 15 to 30 cm - height to 1 m - High Park - June 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Symphytum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Knitbone, Boneset - native to
Europe
Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated December 12 2010
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Beggarslice - flower approx 3 mm - fruit approx. 6 mm - leaves to 20 cm - height to 1.5 m - West Don Valley (E.T. Seton Park) - July 2010
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Hackelia (also Lappula)
Species: Virginiana
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial / Perennial - also known as Beggar's Lice,
Stickseed, Virginia Stickseed, Wild Comfrey - native to
eastern Canada
Stickseed, Virginia Stickseed, Wild Comfrey - native to
eastern Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 8 2011
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Hound's-tongue - flower approx 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves (basal) to 30 cm, smaller towards the top - height to 80 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2011
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Genus: Cynoglossum
Species: Officinale
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Biennial - also known as Gypsy Flower - native to Europe,
Asia and Africa
Asia and Africa
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated July 9 2011
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