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Borago officinalis

L.
Tracheophyta » Boraginales » Boraginaceae » Borago officinalis
Ηabitat
C3 Littoral zone (inland)
Global distribution

Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar, Baleares, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Sicily, Italy, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Albania, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia), Cyprus (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.), Austria (I), England (I), Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Hungary (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Estonia (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), European Russia (I), Belarus (I), Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia), Russian Far East (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Java (I), Peru (I), Ecuador (I), Uruguay (I), Chile (I), Argentina (I), Bolivia (I), Nicaragua (I), Mexico (I), Colombia (I), Honduras (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Puerto Rico (I), tropical Africa (I), Alaska (I), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Illinois (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Montana (I), North Dakota (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), Tennessee (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)), Chatham Isl. (I) 32226 0

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Habitat detail

"Division 1: Androlikou, Androlikou gorge, bottom of gorge by the stream, on alluvial sediments, alt. 160 m, 29.3.2012, R. Hand 5950 (B). Quite common in the area and locally naturalised" (Hand 2017).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

Impacts
Neutral
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Hand R (2017) Some noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (1997-2016). Cypricola 1: 1-8.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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