Sweet Hound's-Tongue - natives (Hackelia suaveolons)

Former name: Cynoglossum suaveolens

Austral Hound's-tongue (C. australe)

Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family).

Natives.

Occurrence: Scattered. Sweet Hound's-tongue is more common than Austral Hound's-tongue.

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

1: Sweet Hounds-tongue. Castlemaine. Flower stalks have small leaves at the base. 2: Mt Tarrengower.