Starflower Oil is another common name for Borage Oil, which is at best is a Neutral {Avoid for O nonnies}.
For the GLA you are better off with Evening Primrose due to the processing method involved. {Also a person doesn't really need that much GLA - so does it really matter that its got more [my opinion]}.
Herr Schlüggell -- Establish a Garden; Cultivate Community. "To see things in the seed, that is genius. He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. The way to do is to be." -Lao Tzu Bruno Manser, Ned Lud, August Sabbe, Richard St. Barbe-Baker, Eddie Koiki Mabo, Masanobu Fukuoka
...As regards Evening Primrose oil, typebase shows that as an avoid for O's, in which case Starflower is better if it is neutral.......
It is also known as Echium Oil {the older/alternate binomial for the genus Borago}
It used to be that Black Currant Oil and Borage Oil were produced by a solvent extraction, rather than the Evening Primrose which was pressed. So even if B.C. oil had GLA, after solvent processing I'd wager notta. But yes between hows/whyfors and BTs its hard to keep everything straight. However, both Borage and Primrose can be found/harvested readily...the flower buds are excellent, even the leaves....
Herr Schlüggell -- Establish a Garden; Cultivate Community. "To see things in the seed, that is genius. He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. The way to do is to be." -Lao Tzu Bruno Manser, Ned Lud, August Sabbe, Richard St. Barbe-Baker, Eddie Koiki Mabo, Masanobu Fukuoka
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