- Scientific name
- Borago officinalis
- Common name
- Borage
- Kingdom / family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Borago
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Crop type
- vegetable
- Edible
- yes
- Temperature
- 15 to 22 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.5
- Precipitation
- 500 to 1000 mm
- Soil texture
- 9
- Light
- 3/10
- Native regions
- ["Algeria","Baleares","Corse","France","Greece","Italy","Kriti","Libya","Morocco","NW. Balkan Pen.","Portugal","Sardegna"]
- Invasive regions
- ["Galápagos Islands","Alaska","Alberta","Altay","Argentina Northeast","Argentina Northwest","Argentina South","Austria","Azores","Baltic States","Belarus","Belgium","Bolivia","British Columbia","Buryatiya","California","Canary Is.","Central European Russia","Chile Central","Colombia","Connecticut","Cuba","Cyprus","Czechia-Slovakia","District of Columbia","Dominican Republic","East Aegean Is.","East European Russia","Ecuador","Germany","Great Britain","Guatemala","Haiti","Honduras","Hungary","Illinois","Inner Mongolia","Ireland","Irkutsk","Jawa","Kamchatka","Kazakhstan","Kirgizstan","Krym","Kuril Is.","Lebanon-Syria","Madeira","Maine","Manitoba","Massachusetts","Mexico Central","Mexico Southwest","Michigan","Minnesota","Montana","Netherlands","New Brunswick","New Hampshire","New Jersey","New York","New Zealand North","New Zealand South","Newfoundland","North Caucasus","North Dakota","North European Russia","Northwest European Russia","Nova Scotia","Ohio","Ontario","Oregon","Pennsylvania","Peru","Poland","Primorye","Prince Edward I.","Puerto Rico","Québec","Rhode I.","Romania","Sakhalin"]