Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale, Teanga chon

Hound's-tongue
Cynoglossum officinale
Teanga chon
Family: Boraginaceae

Flowering time:June-August. Biennial. Native.

Forked cymes of funnel-shaped red-purple flowers. Grey-green, downy, lanceolate leaves that smell slightly of mice, the basal leaves stalked, the upper leaves stalkless. Height: 30-60cm.

Found on grassland and dunes on light calcareous or sandy soils. Rare, scattered distribution mainly on the east coast of Ireland.


Hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale, Teanga chon
Hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale, Teanga chon

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