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Cynoglossum officinale L.

Family :

Famille :

Boraginaceae

Synonym(s) :

Synonyme(s) :

Common Name(s) :

Nom(s) commun(s) :

Hound’s-tongue

  • Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) nutlets

  • Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) nutlets

  • Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) nutlet

  • Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) nutlet

  • Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) nutlet; side view

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Overview

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Regulation :

Remarques Réglementation:

  • Quarantine lists of countries e.g. India *may be updated without notice

Regulation Notes:

On quarantine lists of countries e.g. India*.

*Quarantine lists of countries may be updated without notice.

Distribution :

Répartition :

This species is native to Europe and parts of western Asia (Upadhyaya 1988; USDA-ARS 2017). It was introduced to parts of northern Europe and North America, cultivated in Europe and China (USDA-ARS 2017). In the United States, it is present in every state except Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas (USDA-NRCS 2017).

Habitat and Crop Association :

Habitat et Cultures Associées :

This species occurs in pastures, rangeland, old fields, abandoned cropland, roadsides and disturbed areas (Upadhyaya et al. 1998; Darbyshire 2003).

Economic Use, cultivation area, and Weed Association :

Utilisation économique, zone de culture et association de mauvaises herbes :

Duration of Life Cycle :

Durée du cycle vital:

Biennial or short-lived perennial

Dispersal Unit Type :

Type d’unité de dispersion :

Nutlet

General Information

RENSEIGNEMENTS GÉNÉRAUX

Hound’s tongue reproduces by seed, which attach readily to animal hair/fur/wool. Generally it is not a weed of cultivation but is poisonous to livestock and considered a problematic rangeland weed (Upadhyaya et al. 1988; Darbyshire 2003).

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Cynoglossum officinale plants (Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org)

Identification

Identification

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  • Nutlet

    Size

    • Nutlet length: 5.3 – 7.1 mm (average: 6.1 mm); width: 4.2 – 5.6 mm (average: 4.9 mm)

    Shape

    • Nutlet is teardrop-shaped and highly compressed

    Surface Texture

    • Nutlet is covered with spiny tubercles with hooked tips; tubercles denser around the edge of the nutlet

    Colour

    • Nutlet is dull or slightly shiny pale coloured to light brown; point of attachment is brown

    Other Features

    • The point of attachment is a smooth, teardrop-shaped, dull, flat patch on one side of the nutlet towards the narrow end
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Identification Tips

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Additional Botany Information

AUTRES RENSEIGNEMENTS BOTANIQUES

Similar Species

ESPÈCES SEMBLABLES

Similar species are based on a study of seed morphology of various species, and those with similar dispersal units are identified. The study is limited by physical specimen and literature availability at the time of examination, and possibly impacted by the subjectivity of the authors based on their knowledge and experience. Providing similar species information for seed identification is to make users aware of similarities that could possibly result in misidentification.

Andersonglossum virginianum (wild comfrey)

Andersonglossum virginianum nutlets are a similar size, teardrop shape, pale colour, dull point of attachment and spiny tuberculate surface as hound’s tongue nutlets.

Andersonglossum virginianum nutlets are less compressed than hound’s tongue nutlets and have a dull, roughened and wrinkled surface. The tubercles are dense over the entire nutlet. The point of attachment tends to be concave with a wide, striate-wrinkled rim.

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Reference(s)

Référence(s)

Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch. Ottawa, ON.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat. 2022. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2925815 Accessed December 29, 2022.

Upadhyaya, M.K., Tilsner, H.R. and Pitt, M.D. 1988. The Biology of Canadian weeds. 87. Cynoglossum officinale L. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 68: 763-774.

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services (USDA-ARS). 2017. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomysearch Accessed April 25, 2017.

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS). 2017. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA. https://plants.usda.gov/home Accessed April 25, 2017.

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS). 2022. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA. http://plants.usda.gov Accessed December 29, 2022.

Author(s)

AUTEUR(S)

Jennifer Neudorf, Angela Salzl, Ruojing Wang, Karen Castro, Katrina Entwistle

Canadian Food Inspection Agency