| English | beebread | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | beeplant | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | borage | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | starflower | | | 1 | Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 83-84. |
| English | talewort | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English (Canada) | borage | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 201. |
| French | bourrache | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | bourrache officinale | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 201. |
| German | Borretsch | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| German | einjähriger Borretsch | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1250. |
| German | Gurkenkraut | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Italian | boragine | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| Italian | borandella | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| Portuguese | boragem | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | borraja | | | 2 | Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. |
| Swedish | gurkört | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |