Hound's-Tongues - natives (Cynoglossum species)

Sweet Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum suaveolens)

Austral Hound's-tongue (C. australe)

Family: Boraginaceae (Borago family).

Natives.

Occurrence: Scattered. Sweet Hound's-tongue is the more common species.

Identify by:

• the rosette of basal leaves that feel rough to the touch.
• they have clusters of white (or occasionally pale blue) flowers
• the seeds have numerous barbed spines (by which it differs from Mysotis which has wrinkled seeds).

Sweet Hound's-tongue differs from Austral Hound's-tongue in that Sweet Hounds's-tongue has small leaves (bracts) growing from the base of the flower stalks. Nor do its seeds have a winged rim.

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