Andersonglossum virginianum (Linnaeus) J.I. Cohen. Common name: Southern Hound’s-tongue, Southern Wild Comfrey. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Moist deciduous forests. Distribution: CT west to OK, south to FL and LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, NY, Cohen (2015), Jiménez-Mejías, Cohen, & Naczi (2017); = Cynoglossum virginianum L. – Ar, F, G, GrPl, Il, K3, Mo2, NcTx, Pa, Tat, Tx, Al-Shehbaz (1991); = Cynoglossum virginianum L. ssp. virginianum – NE, Haines (2010); = Cynoglossum virginianum L. var. virginianum – C, K1, Va; = Cynoglossum virginicum – S, orthographic variant; < Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I.Cohen – K4; < Cynoglossum virginianum L. – RAB, Tn, W, WH3, WV
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist deciduous forests.
Stems: Stems stout, unbranched, with few leaves and covered in bristly hairs.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 10 in. long, stiff-hairy; the few stem leaves are alternate, sessile and clasping and smaller.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in 1-4 coiled racemes branching off at the top of the stem, these lengthening and straightening as flowers open and fruit matures. Flowers pale blue or white, about 3/4 in. wide, consisting of a short corolla tube that opens to 5 overlapping lobes and a shorter, hairy, 5-parted calyx.
Fruits: Fruit a cluster of 4 bristly nutlets.
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Height: 11-30 in.
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description: Erect perennial of moist deciduous forests.
stems: Stems stout, unbranched, with few leaves and covered in bristly hairs.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 10 in. long, stiff-hairy; the few stem leaves are alternate, sessile and clasping and smaller.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in 1-4 coiled racemes branching off at the top of the stem, these lengthening and straightening as flowers open and fruit matures. Flowers pale blue or white, about 3/4 in. wide, consisting of a short corolla tube that opens to 5 overlapping lobes and a shorter, hairy, 5-parted calyx.
fruits: Fruit a cluster of 4 bristly nutlets.
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native range: North America