OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Andersonglossum virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Andersonglossum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-002:

Cynoglossum virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Cynoglossum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cynoglossum virginicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue


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JK Marlow    jkm080329_014

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm090321_051

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm090412_048

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm090419_050

April    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

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JK Marlow    jkm090419_055

April    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

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April    Carroll County    GA

Flowers pale blue, 0.3-0.6" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm170414_650

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm070506_031

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

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JK Marlow    jkm070506_033

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

Basal leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm070506_034

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

A raceme-like forked inflorescence extends well above the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Andersonglossum virginianum, Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm100611_007

June    Stanly County    NC

Morrow Mountain State Park

The four uniformly bristly nutlets separate at maturity, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Andersonglossum virginianum, Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm100611_010

June    Stanly County    NC

Morrow Mountain State Park

image of Andersonglossum virginianum, Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm100611_011

June    Stanly County    NC

Morrow Mountain State Park

A few clasping cauline leaves on lower half of the 2' stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Andersonglossum virginianum, Southern Wild Comfrey, Southern Hound’s-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm100611_038

June    Stanly County    NC

Morrow Mountain State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Andersonglossum virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andersonglossum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-02-002:
Cynoglossum virginianum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cynoglossum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoglossum virginicum

 

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419

Forb
Biennial/Perennial

Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue (sometimes white)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed, deeply cleft, calyx
5-lobed funnelform or salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

 

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