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hound's-tongue
Cynoglossum officinale
Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue, houndstooth, dog's tongue, gypsy flower, and rats and mice due to its smell) is a herbaceous plant of the family Boraginaceae, found in most parts of Europe, and also North America where it was accidentally introduced.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 1 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1687 · p.13

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.682

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1362

Herbarius
1485 · p.84

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.83

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.149

Garden of Health
1507 · p.91

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.183

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.182

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.100

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.186

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.442
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48152.