Cynoglossum amabile

CYNOGLOSSUM amabile
Chinese Forget-me-Not

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Type:
Annual

Height: 12" (30cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Blue, pink, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Polemoniales (Jacob's Ladder Order)

Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-Not Family)

Genus: Cynoglossum (Hound's Tongue)

Species: amabile (pleasant)

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Cynoglossum amabile is an annual reaching around 12" in height, with dark greyish-green pointed leaves and rounded bright blue flowers in summer. Hybrids are also available with pink or white flowers.
Its common name is Chinese Forget-me-Not, but it is a much coarser plant with larger and brighter blue flowers than the Forget-me-Not we are familiar with. The seeds and seedpods are also more like those of our wild Cynoglossum officinale (Hound's Tongue), with the five large seeds covered in velcro-like hooks so that they will stick to animals or birds to be dispersed.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Inside
(33 days)

Seed Pod There is no seedpod. The seeds are in a ring in the calyx.
Seed The seeds are large woody beige drops with a raised edge, covered in velcor-like hooks.
There are five seeds from each flower.
Seedling The seedling has large rounded seedleaves, followed by small, more pointed true leaves.

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				Germination: Winter Inside (33 days)
Seed Pod There is no seedpod. The seeds are in a ring in the calyx. Seed The seeds are large woody beige drops with a raised edge, covered in velcor-like hooks. There are five seeds from each flower. Seedling The seedling has large rounded seedleaves, followed by small, more pointed true leaves.