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Borago officinalis
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
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
Spotted on Mar 23, 2012
Submitted on Mar 23, 2012
27 Comments (1–25)
thank you Mona Pirih!
Awesome ..
thank you Ary! :)
thank's again Mayra!
So beautiful!
thank's Maria!
great spotting.
thank's @patty and @Gerardo Aizpuru !
:)
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.
Really beautiful great spotting!
@Vishu, @Cecilia.J thank's!
wow what a picture ..... awesome!
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
Y de donde viene lo de agua de borrajas? lo sabes?
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!
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.
thank's @arlanda and @Sachin Zaveri
yes!!! it's what we call borraja
Very beautiful picture Patricia. Is it what we call Borraja?
Fantasy picture,
thank you!
Fascinating plant! good information!
thanks to all!
@harsuame, mi camara es bastante simple, una panasonic lumix fs10 si no me equivoco
so true Arun.
Eye Treat ...
Una pregunta que tipo de cámara utilizas ...Gracias