OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cynoglossum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cynoglossum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-001:

Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cynoglossum officinale

 

COMMON NAME:
Hound's-tongue, Garden Comfrey


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image of Cynoglossum officinale, Hound's-tongue, Garden Comfrey

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyof_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cynoglossum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cynoglossum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-001:
Cynoglossum officinale   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoglossum officinale

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2655

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, pastures, calcareous shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare south of VA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-red, maroon
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed, deeply cleft, calyx
5-lobed funnelform or salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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