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Scientific Name
Cynoglossum suaveolens
Family Name
BORAGINACEAE
Common Name
Sweet Houndstongue
Status
Height
10-60cm
Flowers
White or cream flowers in loose, branched flowerheads, usually with a strong, sweet scent.
Fruit
Nutlets
Form
Perennial herb covered with short, stiff hairs, with a rough-textured basal rosette of leaves and a stout rootstock.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent in grasslands, woodlands and dry forest, on dry or well-drained soil in lowland areas.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period, and germinates in about 4 weeks after storage. Surface sow or cover seed lightly. Also grown by cuttings and division. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
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Jul
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Oct
Nov
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Cutting Months
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Feb
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May
Jun
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
4 nutlets, each 6mm long, egg-shaped and densely covered with small barbed spines.
Seed Treatment Method
Storage
Seed Storage Life
More than 3.5 years
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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