The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Cynoglossum grande (Grand Hounds-Tongue)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	:	Asteridae
Order	:	Lamiales
Family	:	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	:	Cynoglossum L. – hound's tongue
Species	:	Cynoglossum grande Douglas ex Lehm. – Pacific hound's tongue

Grand Hound’s Tongue is a west coast perennial wildflower commonly found in woodland areas.

The unusual name was given because the large rough textured leaves are said to resemble an actual hounds tongue.

The flowers are blue to purple with white markings in the center and are displayed in clusters on 12 to 30” stems from February through April.

Hound’s Tongue prefers a shady moist site at lower elevations and is common from British Columbia to the California coast, USDA zones 7-9.

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