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Boraginaceae: Borage

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Amsinckia fiddle-neck	1		Yellow regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit roughened. Fuzzy plant.	Images   Information
Anchusa alkanet, bugloss	2		Blue flower with slightly unequal lobes. Stamens within end of flower.	Images   Information
Buglossoides buglossoides	1		White regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with smooth.	Images   Information
Cynoglossum hound's-tongue	3		Regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with prickles.	Images   Information
Echium blueweed, viper's-bugloss blueweed, viper's-bugloss	1		Blue flower with slightly unequal lobes. Stamens extending beyond end of flower.	Images   Information
Hackelia beggar's-lice, stickseed	2		Regular funnel-like flowers sometimes with alternating bracts. Fruit with prickles.	Images   Information
Lappula stickseed, sticktight	2		Regular funnel-like flowers all with bracts. Fruit with prickles.	Images   Information
Lithospermum gromwell, puccoon, stone-seed	5		Yellow regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with smooth.	Images   Information
Mertensia bluebells, lungwort	2		Blue regular tubular bell-like flowers with rounded petals. Flowers not hairy.	Images   Information
Myosotis forget-me-not, scorpion-grass	7		Blue or pinkish regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with smooth.	Images   Information
Onosmodium false gromwell, marble-seed	3		White regular tubular flowers with pointed petals. Stamens extending way-beyond end of flower.	Images   Information
Plagiobothrys popcorn-flower	1		Blue or pinkish regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with smooth.	Images   Information
Pulmonaria lungwort	1		Blue or pinkish regular funnel-like flowers without bracts. Fruit with smooth. Leaves spotted.	Images   Information
Symphytum comfrey	2		Blue regular tubular flowers with rounded petals. Flowers hairy.	Images   Information