Austral Hound's-Tongue - a local native (Cynoglossum australe)

Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family).

Occurrence: Uncommon

Identify by:

• rosette of basal leaves that feel rough to touch
• clusters of small white or occasionally blue flowers
• seeds have numerous barbed spines and a winged rim (by which it differs from Mysotis which has wrinkled seeds).

Similar species: Sweet Hound's-tongue (Hackelia suaveolons)

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