A robust annual (Borago officinalis), growing to 60 cm/24 in, covered in stiff, white bristles, native to C Europe and the Mediterranean region; leaves oval, rough; flowers 2 cm/¾ in diameter, bright blue, drooping, with five spreading petals and black anthers. Cultivated as a herb, its bruised leaves smell of cucumber. (Family: Boraginaceae.)
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Borago officinalis L. |
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