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Hounds Tongue Seeds

Cynoglossum sp.

Photo by craigwilliams
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Field Notes

Description:

Very cool seeds on this furry herbaceous plant in the Boraginaceae!

Habitat:

Abandoned Olive terraces

Species ID Suggestions

cynoglossum officinale

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PatriciaPi
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Comments (5)
craigwilliams
Thank you Patricia! Pretty hard to distinguish the sp. from just this shot. There were no flowers so I'll put it down as Cynoglossum sp. :0)
PatriciaPi
I'm not sure if it's this one or C.creticum
AshleyBradford
Wow, this is wild! I've never seen anything like it. I hope you get an ID!

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Flowers of Europe
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Seeds and Seed Pods
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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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PublishedNovember 8, 2011

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