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Cynoglossum clandestinum (gypsyflower; hound's tongue; houndstongue; gypsy-flower; common houndstongue)

Synonyms: Cynoglossum clandestinum var. fallax; Cynoglossum fulvum; Cynoglossum officinale (heterotypic); Cynoglossum tomentosum

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Cynoglossum clandestinum

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Houndstongue contains alkaloids that can cause cancer when the plant is consumed in large quantities; The plant is also said to be slightly poisonous; The plant has a disagreeable odour and taste so is seldom eaten by animals; Contact with the plant can cause dermatitis in sensitive people;
Lifespan [1]  Biennial/Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The plant smells of mice.
Structure [3]  Herb
Height [1]  31 inches (0.8 m)
Width [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Cynoglossum clandestinum

Protected Areas

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Megachile brevis (Common Little Leaf-cutter Bee)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0