Borago officinalis is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is mild. Also known as Borage.
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Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae native to the Mediterranean region. Although the plant contains small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, some parts are edible and its seeds provide oil.
In addition to the liver-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) found in the leaves and seed oil, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment has advised that honey from borage contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, transferred to the honey through pollen collected from the flowers, and recommends that commercial honey production select for raw honey with limited PA content to prevent contamination.
Also recorded as Beebread, Beeplant, Boražina, Common Borage, Starflower and Talewort.
Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.