| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boraginaceae | Amsinckia | Fiddleneck |  (c) Exe, Nolan - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Amsinckia intermedia | Common Fiddleneck | Waif on ballast. | Native of w. North America. |  (c) Hamel, Aaron - CC0 |
| Boraginaceae | Amsinckia lycopsoides | Tarweed | Disturbed areas, probably only a waif. | Native of w. United States. | (c) Exe, Nolan - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Amsinckia menziesii | Menzies’s Fiddleneck | Disturbed areas, waste areas near wool-combing mill. | Native of w. United States. |  (c) (they/he), mel letterman - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Anchusa | Bugloss |  (c) mourad-harzallah - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Anchusa azurea | Italian Bugloss, Garden Alkanet | Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. |  (c) monkeyjodey - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Anchusa officinalis | Common Bugloss, Common Alkanet | Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  (c) Richardson, Dave - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Andersonglossum | American Comfrey |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Andersonglossum boreale | Northern Hound's-tongue, Northern Wild Comfrey | Forests, roadsides. | New Brunswick west to British Columbia, south to Connecticut, New York, c. Pennsylvania, n. Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota. |  (c) Gunnar, Aaron - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Andersonglossum virginianum | Southern Hound’s-tongue, Southern Wild Comfrey | Moist deciduous forests. | Connecticut west to Oklahoma, south to Florida and Louisiana. Questionably present in Canada. |  (c) Krakowiak, Alaina - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Asperugo | Madwort, Catchweed |  (c) rainerburkard - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Asperugo procumbens | Madwort, Catchweed | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | (c) rainerburkard - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Boraginaceae | Borage Family |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Boraginaceae | Borago | Borage |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Boraginaceae | Borago officinalis | Borage | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. | (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Boraginaceae | Brunnera |  (c) Danielson, Erik | |||
| Boraginaceae | Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian Bugloss, Heartleaf Forget-me-not | Disturbed areas, from horticultural use. | Native of the Caucasus. | (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Boraginaceae | Buglossoides | Corn-gromwell |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Boraginaceae | Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis | Corn-gromwell, Bastard Alkanet | Roadsides, dry disturbed areas, sandy fields. | Native of Eurasia. | (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Boraginaceae | Cryptantha |  (c) Northup, Alison - CC-BY | |||
| Boraginaceae | Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cat's-eye | In calcareous soils over limestone or caliche. | S. Texas, c. Texas, w. Texas, and New Mexico south to c. Mexico. | (c) Northup, Alison - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Cryptantha texana | Pick-me-nots, Texas Cat's-eye, Texas Cryptantha | Sandy habitats. | Se. Oklahoma south to e. and s. Texas. |  (c) birdingtexan - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Cynoglossum | Comfrey |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Boraginaceae | Cynoglossum amabile | Chinese Hound's-tongue, Blue Showers | Disturbed areas, escaped or persistent from horticultural use. | Native of e. Asia. |  (c) Hulsberg, Hugo - CC0 |
| Boraginaceae | Cynoglossum creticum | Blue Hound's-tongue | Pastures, disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. |  (c) Arbault, Thierry - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Cynoglossum officinale | Hound's-tongue | Disturbed areas, roadsides, pastures, calcareous shale barrens. | Native of Eurasia. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Boraginaceae | Cynoglossum zeylanicum | Ceylon Hound's-tongue | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Asia. |  (c) Shih, Licheng - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Echium | Viper's-bugloss, Blueweed |  (c) Ward, Scott G | ||
| Boraginaceae | Echium plantagineum | Salvation-Jane, Plantain Viper's-bugloss | On ballast, disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe, w. Asia, and n. Africa. |  (c) Thomson, Anne - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Echium pustulatum | Blue-devil | Disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported by F for "N.J. to W.Va.," by G and K as south to Virginia, and by Kartesz (2010) as in District of Columbia. | |
| Boraginaceae | Echium vulgare | Viper's-bugloss, Blueweed | Roadsides, dry pastures, disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported for Cook County, Georgia (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009). Reported for Jackson County, Alabama by Barger et al. (2023). |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Boraginaceae | Hackelia | Stickseed |  (c) Danielson, Erik | ||
| Boraginaceae | Hackelia deflexa var. americana | Nodding Stickseed | Calcareous forests. | Québec west to Alaska, south to New York, sc. Ohio, Michigan, n. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Idaho, and Washington. |  (c) Krieger, Mary - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Hackelia floribunda | Apparently only known in our area from a collection in a garden. | Native of w. North America. |  (c) Berger, Matt - CC-BY | |
| Boraginaceae | Hackelia virginiana | Virginia Stickseed | Rich forests and woodlands. | S. Québec west to North Dakota, south to ne. Georgia (Jones & Coile 1988), Louisiana, and Texas. | (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Boraginaceae | Lappula | Sheepbur |  (c) McCrady, Wendy - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Lappula occidentalis | Western Stickseed | Sunny disturbed areas; eastwards including disturbed areas near wool-combing mills. | Native of w. North America. |  (c) Kelly, CK - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lappula squarrosa | Two-ray Stickseed, Beggar’s-lice, European Stickseed | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Introduced south to Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. | (c) McCrady, Wendy - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lappula texana | Cupseed | Prairies, fields, disturbed areas. | Minnesota,Alberta, and British Columbia south to ne. Texas, s. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora). |  (c) Morefield, Jim - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum | Gromwell, Puccoon, Stoneseed |  (c) Ward, Scott G | ||
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum canescens | Hoary Puccoon, Indian-paint | Dry woodlands and glades over calcareous rocks (such as limestone, dolostone) or mafic rocks (such as diabase). | Ontario west to Saskatchewan, south to c. North Carolina, nw. Georgia, Alabama, ne. Louisiana (Caldwell Parish) and Texas. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum caroliniense | Coastal Plain Puccoon | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy soils. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. South Carolina south to Panhandle Florida, and west to Arkansas and Texas; disjunct in se. Virginia. The disjunction from South Carolina to se. Virginia, skipping over large amounts of apparently suitable sandhill habitat in North Carolina, is surprising. | |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum croceum | Hairy Puccoon | Sandy prairies. | Ontario west to Montana, south to nw. Pennsylvania, n. Ohio, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. |  (c) Faulkner, Erin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum decipiens | Deceptive Marbleseed | Dolomitic Ketona glades. | Endemic to c. Alabama (Bibb County) (Allison & Stevens 2001). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum helleri | Heller's Marbleseed | Juniper-oak woodlands over limestone. | Edwards Plateau of Texas and Lampasas Cut Plain (?). |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum incisum | Narrowleaf Gromwell, Yellow Puccoon, Fringed Puccoon | Prairies, woodlands, disturbed areas. | S. Ontario west to British Columbia, south to nc. Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, California, and Mexico; disjunct in Florida, from Florida Panhandle south to c. peninsular Florida. André Michaux collected this in riverscour "near the rapids of the Ohio" in the 1790s (M. Brock, pers.comm., 2025); specimen at Paris. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum latifolium | American Gromwell, Broadleaf Gromwell, Broadleaf Puccoon | Dry to moist woodlands over calcareous rocks. | New York west to Minnesota, south to nw. Georgia, s. Tennessee and Arkansas. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum matamorense | Rough Gromwell | Thickets, woodlands, floodplains. | Se. Texas, c. Texas, w. Texas, south through s. Texas to n. Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas). |  (c) Faulkner, Erin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum mirabile | San Antonio Stoneseed | Brushlands. | Se. Texas, s. Texas, c. Texas, w. Texas, and s. New Mexico south to n. Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León). |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum molle | Tennessee Marbleseed | Limestone barrens. | C. Kentucky, c. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), nw. Alabama, and disjunct in the Ozarkian Highlands of Missouri. O. molle has been attributed to Durham County, North Carolina (RAB); Baskin et al. (1983) determined that this report was based on a misidentification of a specimen of O. virginianum. |  (c) Smith, Jake - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum occidentale | Western Marbleseed | Open woodlands over limestone. | Wisconsin west to Montana, south to nw. Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Utah. |  (c) Roberts, Jo - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum officinale | European Gromwell | Disturbed areas, roadsides, pastures. | Native of Europe and occurring at scattered localities in ne. North America, south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Kartesz 1999). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum onosmodium | Southwestern Marbleseed | Rocky barrens and woodlands, glades. | Wc. and sw. Arkansas and e. Oklahoma south to c. and se. Texas and sw. Louisiana; disjunct eastwards in Tennessee. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum parviflorum | Eastern Prairie Marbleseed, Shaggy Marbleseed | Calcareous woodlands, barrens, and glades, and nearby in disturbed areas, such as older pasture edges. | W. New York and Ontario west to Minnesota, south to sc. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Klein 1993), w. Virginia, e. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), Louisiana, and Texas. This species was attributed to North Carolina by F and S; the documentation of these reports is not known. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum subsetosum | Ozark Marbleseed | Calcareous glades and woodlands. | Missouri south to Arkansas and Oklahoma; disjunct in c. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997) and ne. Alabama (Cumberland Plateau escarpment) (Datillo & Nestor 2011; D. Estes, pers. comm., 2011). |  (c) Aaron, Nathan - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum tuberosum | Southern Stoneseed | Nutrient-rich forests, especially over calcareous rocks. | Sw. Virginia, s. West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, south to n. peninsular Florida, Florida Panhandle, and Louisiana. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum virginianum | Pineland Marbleseed, Virginia Marbleseed | Longleaf pine sandhills, shell middens in the outer Coastal Plain, woodlands and barrens over diabase and other mafic rocks in the Piedmont and low Mountains, barrens, glades, or woodlands over calcareous rocks in the Mountains (the unifying ecological factor determining its distribution may be an open, woodland condition maintained by fire). | Louisiana to Florida, north to New York and Massachusetts, primarily on the Coastal Plain; the species has become very rare north of North Carolina. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Lycopsis | Bugloss, Alkanet |  (c) CorentinD - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Lycopsis arvensis | Small Bugloss, Alkanet | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  (c) Petrosyan, Anna - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Mertensia | Bluebell | (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Boraginaceae | Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells, Virginia Cowslip | Nutrient-rich, moist, alluvial soils of floodplain forests and thickets, also on rich slopes or bluffs over calcareous rocks. | New York west to Wisconsin, and Iowa, south to n. North Carolina, nw. Georgia, Alabama, and n. Arkansas. | (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis | Forget-me-not, Scorpion-grass |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis arvensis | Field Forget-me-not, Field Scorpion-grass | Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. |  (c) harrylurling - CC-BY-ND |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis discolor | Yellow-and-blue Scorpion-grass, Changing Forget-me-not | Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides. | Native of Europe. |  (c) Diamond, Alvin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis laxa ssp. laxa | Smaller Forget-me-not, Tufted Forget-me-not | Marshes, streambanks. | The species is circumboreal, represented nearly throughout North America by ssp. laxa. |  (c) Patterson, Bruce |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis macrosperma | Bigseed Forget-me-not | Bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils. | Maryland west to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis scorpioides | Water Scorpion-grass, True Forget-me-not | Wet meadows, streambanks. | Native of Europe. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis stricta | Blue Scorpion-grass | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. |  (c) Marcum, Paul |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis sylvatica | Garden Forget-me-not | Gardens, rarely persistent or found as a waif. | Native of Eurasia. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Boraginaceae | Myosotis verna | Early Forget-me-not, Spring Forget-me-not | Dry woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, dry fields. | Maine west to South Dakota, south to Georgia and Texas; also from Idaho and British Columbia south to Oregon. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Boraginaceae | Nonea |  (c) Vinogradov), Георгий Виноградов (Georgy - CC-BY | |||
| Boraginaceae | Nonea lutea | Fields and disturbed areas. | Native of Meditearranean Europe. |  (c) Chytrý, Milan - CC-BY | |
| Boraginaceae | Nonea rosea | Rose Monk's-wort | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | (c) Vinogradov), Георгий Виноградов (Georgy - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Nonea vesicaria | Red Monkswort | Waif on ballast. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. |  (c) Frade, Duarte - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Plagiobothrys | Popcorn-flower |  (c) Zharkikh, Andrey - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | ||
| Boraginaceae | Plagiobothrys figuratus ssp. figuratus | Popcorn-flower, Bristly Plagiobothrys | Waif on fields and roadsides. | Native of nw. North America. |  (c) Gail - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Plagiobothrys hispidulus | Waif at ports and around mills. | Native of w. North America. | (c) Zharkikh, Andrey - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | |
| Boraginaceae | Pulmonaria | ||||
| Boraginaceae | Pulmonaria officinalis | Common Lungwort | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | |
| Boraginaceae | Symphytum | Comfrey |  (c) Chruślak, Andrzej - CC-BY | ||
| Boraginaceae | Symphytum ×uplandicum | ||||
| Boraginaceae | Symphytum asperum | Prickly Comfrey | Disturbed areas. | Native of the Caucasus. This Eurasian species is reported by F as occurring south to Maryland; it may occur in our area. |  (c) Ковтун, Иван - CC-BY |
| Boraginaceae | Symphytum officinale | Common Comfrey, Garden Comfrey | Disturbed areas, escaping from horticultural use. | Native of Europe. | (c) Chruślak, Andrzej - CC-BY |