Alkanna – Alkanet with herbal / medicinal properties and as a dye plant. Anchusa . Arnebia – the Prophet flower or Arabian Primrose.

Borago – Borage, Starflower, Tailwort, with medicinal and culinary uses.

Cerinthe – the Honeywort with some medicinal properties.

Echium – Viper’s Bugloss.

Eritrichium – the alpine forget-me-not.

Heliotropium – the Heliotrope or Cherry Pie Plant. Only summer hardy.

Lithodora (syn: Lithospermum) – Medicinal and beauty care uses.

Mertensia – variously known as bluebells, the oyster plant and the Virginian cowslip.

Myosotidium – Chatham Island Forget-me-not.

Myosotis – Forget-me-not. A classical Greek name, mus for mouse and otos / ous for ear.

Omphalodes – the Navelwort.

Pulmonaria – the Lungwort with medicinal, culinary and economic uses.

Symphytum – Comfrey with medicinal, culinary and economic uses. Trachystemon.