species 6,453 observations
Chinese Forget-me-not
Cynoglossum amabile
Field notes
Cynoglossum amabile, the Chinese hound's tongue or Chinese forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Asia. A hardy annual growing to 50 cm (20 in), it has hairy leaves and cymes of sky-blue flowers in late summer. This plant, closely related to the common forget-me-not of temperate gardens (Myosotis sylvatica), is also grown as an ornamental. In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. (confirmed 2017).
The Latin specific epithet amabile means "lovely".
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Moisture
- Well drained Moist
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Resists
- Dry soil
- Habit
- Rounded
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