Borago officinalis L.

Locations ofBorago officinalis L. in Virginia

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Family
Boraginaceae
Botanical Name
Borago officinalis L.
Common Name
Borage
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
Comments
This species has not been documented as a weed elsewhere in Virginia but has persisted at the Fauquier County site for at least 50 years.
Habitat
Waste ground, barnyard, and forest edges on Wildcat Mountain, Fauquier County; a local escape from cultivation. It was first collected here in the 1960's and has persisted as a local escape up to the present.
Native Status
Introduced

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