Boraginaceae
Ceylon hound's tongue
Cynoglossum zeylanicum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cynoglossum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 琉璃草, 叉花倒提壶, 琉璃草（锡兰琉璃草）, 贴骨散, 锡兰琉璃草
- English
- Ceylon hound's tongue, Imeretian hound's-tongue
- Vietnamese
- Cỏ thạch sùng
Synonyms
- Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem.
- Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem.
- Cynoglossum coeruleum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Cynoglossum denticulatum var. zeylanicum (Sw. ex Lehm.) C.B.Clarke
- Cynoglossum edgeworthii A.DC.
- Cynoglossum furcatum Wall.
- Cynoglossum furcatum f. albiflorum (H.Hara) Yonek.
- Cynoglossum furcatum var. lanceolatum C.B.Clarke
- Cynoglossum furcatum var. villosulum (Nakai) Riedl
- Cynoglossum furcatus Wall.
- Cynoglossum heynei G.Don
- Cynoglossum imeretinum Kusn.
- Cynoglossum ovatum Moon
- Cynoglossum villosulum Nakai
- Cynoglossum zeylanicum f. albiflorum H.Hara
- Echinospermum zeylanicum (Sw. ex Lehm.) Lehm.
- Myosotis zeylanica Sw. ex Lehm.
- Paracynoglossum imeretinum (Kusn.) Popov
- Rochelia zeylanica Roem. & Schult.
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.