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Taxon: Cynoglossum officinale L.

Genus: Cynoglossum
Family: Boraginaceae subfamily: Boraginoideae.
Nomen number: 12866
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:134. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CO*°, MT*°, NV*, OR*, WA*, WY*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • gypsy-flower   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
  • hound's-tongue   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  • rats-and-mice   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
  • cynoglosse officinale   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – French
  • langue de chien   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – French
  • echte hundszunge   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – German
  • gebräuchliche hundszunge   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – German
  • língua-de-cão   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Iran [n.]; Turkey [w. & n.]
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia [s.w.], Western Siberia [s.]
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.e.]; Kyrgyzstan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland [s.]; Ireland; Norway [s.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

References:

  • Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Anal Sao Paulo)
  • Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. (Pulmonaria) 98.
  • Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). (Can Poison Pl)
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
  • Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
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