Family: Boraginaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in Europe, Australia and New Zealand
  
• Broad elevation range (> 1000 m distribution)
  
• “Weedy” growth; often escaping cultivation
  
• Contact may cause skin irritation or dermatitis
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (potential to invade many habitat types)
  
• Annual (reproductive in <1 year)
  
• Small seeds dispersed as a seed crop contaminant
  
• Seeds dispersed in fur/hair of animals
  
• Forms a persistent seed bank

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed
  
• Fodder plant
  
• Non-toxic to animals
  
• Useful as a cover crop and green manure
  
• Used for nectar (bee keeping, wild bee conservation)
  
• Used in pest management – mainly against aphids by attracting hoverflies