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Common Borage - Borago officinalis
Other Names:  Starflower

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Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA
C-value: 1


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General Description
Taprooted annual normally branching above. Herbage hispid-setose. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Collora rotate, resembling the genus Solanum. Anthers exserted, connivent around the style; filaments with an elongate appendage. Nutlets with a basal protuberance (Jepson eFlora; Flora of the Great Plains).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Non-native
 


Range Comments
Scattered occurrences in Montana.

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus griseocollis (Thorp et al. 1983).

Management

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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