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There are many species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 in the plant genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Cynoglossum. They are coarse-appearing, small-flowered plants of the family Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae Juss. 1789, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 100 genus found worldwide....
. Cynoglossum officinale, the common hound's-tongue, is a native of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. It has been introduced into North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, and it is considered to be a troublesome weed because its burs stick to the wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
 of sheep
Sheep

#REDIRECT Domestic sheep...
 and to other animals. Ingestion of this plant can also lead to photosensitivity in grazing animals.

Cynoglossum virginianum, known as Wild comfrey, is a common plant from New York
New York

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 to Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
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There are many species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 in the plant genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Cynoglossum. They are coarse-appearing, small-flowered plants of the family Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae Juss. 1789, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 100 genus found worldwide....
. Cynoglossum officinale, the common hound's-tongue, is a native of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. It has been introduced into North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, and it is considered to be a troublesome weed because its burs stick to the wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
 of sheep
Sheep

#REDIRECT Domestic sheep...
 and to other animals. Ingestion of this plant can also lead to photosensitivity in grazing animals.

Cynoglossum virginianum, known as Wild comfrey, is a common plant from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 to Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Cynoglossum boreale occurs in the northern United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 as far west as Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
 and in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
.

Cynoglossum amabile, known as Chinese Forget-me-not and Chinese Hound's Tongue, originally a wildflower from Southwest China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, is now found in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

In Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 there are 3 species of this plant from which Cynoglossum tehranicum is only found in Iran.

Instructions on how to grow the Cynoglossum amabile: START indoors in a well-lighted area 8-10 weeks before planting time. Sow seeds 1/8" deep in seed starting formula. keep moist. Seedling emerge in 7-14 days at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Transplant to individual containers when seedlings have at least 2 pairs of leaves. TRANSPLANT about 8" apart in a warm, sunny or partially shaded area with rich, well-drained soil in spring after danger of frost.

Selected species:

  • Cynoglossum amabile
    Cynoglossum amabile

    Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not . This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens ...
     - Chinese hound's tongue, Chinese forget-me-not
  • Cynoglossum apenninum
  • Cynoglossum australe - Australian hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum boreale - northern wild comfrey
  • Cynoglossum castellanum
  • Cynoglossum cheirifolium
  • Cynoglossum clandestinum
  • Cynoglossum columnae
  • Cynoglossum creticum - blue hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum dioscoridis
  • Cynoglossum furcatum - Indian hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum germanicum - green hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum glochidiatum - prickly hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum grande
    Cynoglossum grande

    Cynoglossum grande, the Western or Pacific hound's tongue, also called borage, is a flowering plant in the genus Cynoglossum....
     - Pacific hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum hungaricum
  • Cynoglossum magellense
  • Cynoglossum microglochin - smallbristle hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum nervosum - hairy hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum occidentale
    Cynoglossum occidentale

    Cynoglossum occidentale is a species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae known by the common name western hound's tongue. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it is a resident of the Temperate coniferous forest in the mountains....
     - western hound's tongue
  • Cynoglossum officinale
    Cynoglossum officinale

    Cynoglossum officinale is a herbaceous plant of the family Boraginaceae, found in most parts of Europe, and also North America where it was accidentally introduced....
     - common hound's tongue, gypsyflower
  • Cynoglossum reverchonii
  • Cynoglossum rotatum
  • Cynoglossum sphacioticum h. riedl.
  • Cynoglossum suaveolens - sweet hound's-tongue
  • Cynoglossum tehranicum = Cynoglossum montanum = Cynoglossum nebrodense - mountain hound's tongue.
  • Cynoglossum virginianum - wild comfrey
  • Cynoglossum zeylanicum - Ceylon hound's tongue


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