Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cynoglossum australe
Common name
Australian forget-me-not, Austral hound's tongue
Family
Boraginaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, dunes, and damp places. Widespread.
Notes
Annual or perennial herb to 1 m tall. Burr with many barbed spines. Stems rough-hairy. Stems and burrs stick to clothing. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 2-20 cm long, 4-35 mm wide, hairy, tips pointed. Basal leaves with a sheath at the base. Upper leaves with wavy margins. Flowers slightly scented. Flowers 3-6 mm long, 2-4 mm in diameter, blue, pink, or whitish, funnel-shaped, with 5 lobes. Flowers in clusters on one side of the coiled stalk when young, the stalk soon elongating. Flowers mostly Spring to Summer. Burrs flattened on the upper surfaces.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cynoglossum~australe (accessed 1 January, 2021)
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