Cynoglossum

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cynoglossum (Greek, hound's tongue, from the shape and soft surface of the lvs. of the commonest species). Borraginaceae. A widely dispersed genus of little horticultural interest, being mostly tall, coarse, weedy herbs. Lvs. alternate: fls. always in elongated, often 1-sided racemes. — Species 75. C. officinale, Linn., Fig. 1190 (stick-tight), has a bur that becomes attached to clothing and to fleece of sheep. It is a biennial weed, naturalized from the Old World :grows about 2 ft. high in pastures and waste places of the Atlantic states, and has soft-pubescent, lanceolate lvs., and dull red-purple (sometimes white) fls. in panicled racemes. Root and herbage possess medicinal properties. C. grande, Douglas. Once cult. from Calif. as a hardy border perennial; grows about 2 ft. high, with lower lvs. ovate - oblong, or somewhat heart-shaped at the base, acute or acuminate, 4-8 in. long, on margined petioles of about the same length: upper lvs. smaller, ovate to lanceolate, abruptly contracted into shorter winged petioles: fls. violet or blue. For C. appenninum, Linn., see Solenanthus. A new plant, C. furcatum, Wall., has recently been tick-tight intro. It is a hairy herb, 1-3 ft. high, with large lvs. and numerous blue fls. in clusters as in forget-me-not. India. Fls. in June. C. amabile, Stapf & Drummond. Allied to C. furcatum, but has larger fls. Perennial. S.W. China. N.TAYLOR The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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