Boraginaceae
Blue hound's tongue
Cynoglossum creticum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cynoglossum
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Common names
By language (10)
- Bulgarian
- Пъстра наумка
- Chinese
- 克汀琉璃草
- Corsican
- Lingua canina
- English
- Blue hound's tongue
- Georgian
- Კრეტული ძაღლის ენა
- German
- Kretische Hundszunge
- Hebrew
- לשון-כלב כרתית
- kab
- Ameẓẓuɣ n weqjun
- Macedonian
- Шарен кучешки јазик
- Swedish
- Blå hundtunga
Synonyms
- Cynoglossum amplexicaule Lam.
- Cynoglossum atlanticum Murb.
- Cynoglossum creticum var. doumerguei Sennen & Mauricio
- Cynoglossum erectum L.C.Higgins
- Cynoglossum henricksonii L.C.Higgins
- Cynoglossum molle Phil.
- Cynoglossum pallidiflorum Grecescu
- Cynoglossum pictum Aiton
- Cynoglossum siculum Guss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: jacinta lluch valero from madrid * barcelona....,, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtech Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zidat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anna N Chapman, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.