The common Fiddleneck is in the borage or forget-me-not family “Boraginaceae”. That’s hard to remember but anyone who has walked through a patch of this plant knows that it has sharp hairs on its stems which can irritate our skin. Another fact (if we can trust Wikipedia), is that the foliage of the fiddleneck is poisonous to livestock BUT the native peoples used the shoots, seeds and leaves of several species for food.