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Borage

Borago officinalis

Description:

is an annual herb, It grows to a height of 60–100 cm (2.0–3.3 ft), and is bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves; the leaves are alternate, simple, and 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long. The flowers are complete, perfect with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals. Flowers are most often blue in color

Notes:

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. Borage is sometimes indicated to alleviate and heal colds, bronchitis, and respiratory infections, and in general for its anti-inflammatory and balsamic properties


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27 Comments (1–25)

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 6 months ago

thank you Ary! :)

Ary
Ary 6 months ago

Beautiful...

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 9 months ago

thank's again Mayra!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 9 months ago

So beautiful!

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 10 months ago

thank's Maria!

MariaPomsaharova
MariaPomsaharova 10 months ago

great spotting.

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi 10 months ago

thank's @patty and @Gerardo Aizpuru !
:)

patty
patty 10 months ago

Beautiful flower, picture and spotting; its colors are amazing =) And they get to be really tall 60-100 cm, wow! It must be really nice to see them.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Really beautiful great spotting!

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

@Vishu, @Cecilia.J thank's!

Vishu
Vishu a year ago

wow what a picture ..... awesome!

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

creo que se refiere justo a eso, que son un poco insipidas y tal, por tanto su caldo más! y de ahi que se use la expresión para referirse, a algo sin importancia, bueno, esa es mi sensación

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

Y de donde viene lo de agua de borrajas? lo sabes?

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

yes, here in Alicante it's very tipical to eat them, boiled or in a pie, and yes, are very healthy and cheap! you just have to walk around some fields to collect them!

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

We still eat them here, in Madrid, in the Autonoma University campus, we sometimes get boiled "borrajas" for the first plate. A bit tasteless but very healthy, I guess.

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

thank's @arlanda and @Sachin Zaveri

yes!!! it's what we call borraja

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

Very beautiful picture Patricia. Is it what we call Borraja?

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri a year ago

Fantasy picture,

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

thank you!

Fascinating plant! good information!

PatriciaPi
PatriciaPi a year ago

thanks to all!
@harsuame, mi camara es bastante simple, una panasonic lumix fs10 si no me equivoco

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

so true Arun.

Arun
Arun a year ago

Eye Treat ...

harsuame
harsuame a year ago

Una pregunta que tipo de cámara utilizas ...Gracias

KatCuff
KatCuff a year ago

Awesome!!

Calpe/Calp, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Lat: 38.65, Long: 0.07

Spotted on Mar 23, 2012
Submitted on Mar 23, 2012

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