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western hound's tongue
Andersonglossum occidentale
Andersonglossum occidentale is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name western hound's tongue.
It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it is a resident of the coniferous understory, including in the Cascade Range, Klamath Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada.
From the article Andersonglossum occidentale on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is a perennial plant with hairy stems which may approach half a metre in height. It has rough, hairy leaves up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long and 4 cm (1.6 in) wide with winged petioles. From the top of the leafy stem appears an inflorescence of tube-shaped reddish-purple flowers, each about a centimetre long. The fruits are bumpy, bristly nutlets attached to each other in clusters of four.
Where it lives
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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 769247.