Borago officinalis
Slender Borage
Borago pygmaea
(DC.) Chater & Greuter Species
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- Botanical name
- Borago pygmaea
- Also known as
- Dwarf Borage, Slender Borage
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Borago
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Slender Borage
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Borago pygmaea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anchusa laxiflora
Borago laxiflora
Buglossites laxiflorus
Campanula pygmaea
Others in Borago
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