A tall plant of the borage family, which bears long silky hairs, small purplish flowers, and tongue-shaped leaves, and has a mousy smell.
Cynoglossum officinale, family Boraginaceae
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- Like blue hound's tongue, this plant has burrs that attach to cattle, causing irritation.
- In case you are not familiar with hound's tongue, please get familiar with it and watch for large populations.
- Hound's Tongue is so named because of its broadly oval leaves which apparently look like hound's tongues.
- Great hound's tongue may be found from southern British Columbia south to San Luis Obispo and Tulare counties, Californa.
- The large nutrient reserves in seeds of hound's tongue allow rapid seedling root growth.