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Borago officinalis L. - Boraginaceae - borage, starflower, tailwort, Boretsch, Boretsch, Gurkenkraut

Annual herb, up to 70cm tall, native to Europe, Mediterranean, naturalized and cultivated elsewhere; stems erect, branched; leaves alternate, 3-10cm long, elliptic to ovate; flowers petioled, wheel-shaped, bright blue, occasionally white, antheres black-violet.

„Traditionally borage was cultivated for culinary and medicinal uses, although today commercial cultivation is mainly as an oilseed. The seed oil is desired as source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), for which borage is the highest known plant-based source (17-28%)… Borage is used as either a fresh vegetable or a dried herb. As a fresh vegetable, borage, with a cucumber-like taste, is often used in salads or as a garnish… The flower…has a sweet honey-like taste and is one of the few truly blue-colored edible substances… Although often used in soups, one of the better known German borage recipes is the Green Sauce (Grüne Soße) made in Frankfurt.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage

Baillon,H.E., Histoire des plantes, vol.10 p.343, fig.240,244 (1888-1891) [A.Faguet]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=150653