Hounds tongue
Cynoglossum officinale
Summary 4
Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue, houndstooth, dog's tongue, gypsy flower, and rats and mice due to its smell) is a herbaceous plant of the family Boraginaceae, found in most parts of Europe, and also North America where it was accidentally introduced.
How to recognize it? 5
Velvety leaves with veins, shaped like a tongue. Red-purple flowers with five petals.
Observations in Banff National Park 6
https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=69401&taxon_id=48153&place_id=any&verifiable=any
When are they blooming in Banff National Park? Second week of June at the earliest. Full bloom usually between end of June and Mid-July. Bloom/Seeding continuing on till end of September.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/17306674130/
- (c) Sten Porse, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cynoglossum-officinale-flowers.JPG
- Carl Axel Magnus Lindman , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:82_Cynoglossum_officinale.jpg
- Adapted by bioblitzbanff from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynoglossum_officinale
- (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
- (c) metallyza, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNaturalist.ca taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
