Boraginaceae

Borago pygmaea (DC.) Chater & Greuter

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Borago

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Borago pygmaea (Borago pygmaea) — FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: حمحم قزمي
Welsh: Tafod-yr-ych bach

Synonyms

Anchusa laxiflora DC.
Borago laxiflora (DC.) Fisch.
Buglossites laxiflorus Moris
Campanula pygmaea Lam. ex DC.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: giorgettore, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Karen Fry, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yangyin99, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jennifer Woollin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Adrian Chatfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.