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):
Andersonglossum virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cynoglossum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andersonglossum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-002:
Cynoglossum virginianum FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cynoglossum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoglossum virginicum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue
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JK Marlow jkm080329_014
March Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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JK Marlow jkm090321_049
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090321_051
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090412_048
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090419_050
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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JK Marlow jkm090419_055
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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JK Marlow jkm110415_451
April Carroll County GA
Flowers pale blue, 0.3-0.6" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm170414_650
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2741
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2744
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070506_031
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
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JK Marlow jkm070506_033
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Basal leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm070506_034
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
A raceme-like forked inflorescence extends well above the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100611_007
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
The four uniformly bristly nutlets separate at maturity, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100611_010
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm100611_011
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
A few clasping cauline leaves on lower half of the 2' stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100611_038
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Andersonglossum virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andersonglossum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-002:
Cynoglossum virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cynoglossum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoglossum virginicum
419
Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue (sometimes white)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed, deeply cleft, calyx
5-lobed funnelform or salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p221
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p194
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p422
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p212
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p130
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p247
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p137
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