Chinese hound's tongue
Cynoglossum amabile Stapf & J.R.Drumm.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 51 cm
- wide
- 25 cm
Boraginaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to horses (28 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or biennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Nepal to C. China and ThailandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 51 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–2 ft; Wikipedia 50–50 cm
- Spread
- 20 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- BlueRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension blue, pink, white; Wikipedia blue
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 倒提壶, 狗屎花根, 狗屎花
- Simplified Chinese
- 倒提壶, 牛舌头花, 蓝布裙
- Finnish
- tiibetinkoirankieli
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Cynoglossum amabile (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.