Large hairy annual herb (Borago officinalis), an ornamental species with large, rough, oblong leaves and loose, drooping clusters of starlike blue flowers. It is a member of the family Boraginaceae, which contains mostly herbs but also some trees and shrubs, all found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate areas and most concentrated in the Mediterranean region. Several other ornamental species are grown in gardens, including the Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica), forget-me-nots, heliotropes, and lungworts (Pulmonaria). Borage is also used as an herbal and bee plant and eaten as a vegetable
Type: Herb (fresh leaves) Description: European herb with hairy leaves Flavor: Faint cucumber flavor Uses: Salads, teas and vegetables
leaves flavor sauces and punches; young leaves eaten in salads or cooked hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
This European herb has a flavor similar to that of cucumber Both the flowers and leaves are used in salads The leaves are also used to flavor teas and vegetables