Sweet Hounds-tongue

Sweet Hounds-tongue

Sweet Hounds-tongue

Cynoglossum suaveolens

Perennial. Often grows in damp places. Can resprout after fire.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Borage
Identifying Characteristics

Upright or spreading herb to 1 m tall and 1.5 m wide. Grows from a rosette of leaves at ground level. Leaves narrow to broad oblong up to 20 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, covered in stiff hairs. The leaves become smaller in size moving up the stem. Flowers white with a yellow centre, small and fragrant, held upright on leafy, branched flowering stems. Flowers October-May.
Distinctive Features

The dark green leaves feel rough. The seeds have barbed spines and are very prickly.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Not listed
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Cynoglossum
Species
suaveolens
Sweet Hounds-tongue
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.