Family Index

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

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

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