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Cynoglossum torvum

Cynoglossum torvum
Photo: The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)

About

Cynoglossum torvum is an Australian flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

Cynoglossum torvum was first formally described in 2017 by Richard Dimon and Matt Renner. The specific epithet torvum when used in relation to eyes, "means staring, piercing or wild", and describes the mericarp inner surface.

Other Cynoglossum plants

Chinese hound's tongue · Australian Hound's Tongue · Borage Family · Blue Hound's Tongue · Green Hound's Tongue · Borage Family · Gypsyflower · Ceylon Hound's Tongue · Hound's tongue

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynoglossum torvum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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