Boraginaceae
Chinese hound's tongue
Cynoglossum amabile
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cynoglossum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 倒提壶, 倒提壺, 倒提壼, 牛舌头花, 狗屎花, 狗屎花根, 蓝布裙
- Dutch
- Chinese veldhondstong
- English
- Chinese hound's tongue
- Finnish
- Tiibetinkoirankieli
- Japanese
- シノグロッサム, シナワスレグサ, シナワスレナグサ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinahundetunge
- Russian
- Чернокорень приятный, Циноглоссум приятный
- Swedish
- Kinesisk förgätmigej
Synonyms
- Cynoglossum amabile f. leucanthum X.D.Dong
- Cynoglossum amabile f. ruberum X.D.Dong
- Cynoglossum amabile var. amabile
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.