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Photographer: Hugh H. Iltis
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Family Boraginaceae
Cynoglossum boreale Fernald
northern wild comfrey
Cynoglossum: Greek for "dog's tongue"
boreale: northern
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall forb; stems unbranched; taprooted |
| Flower: | blue to purple, 5-parted, 1/4"- 1/3" wide, oblong-funnel shape, lobes oblong and not overlapping; inflorescence usually 3 terminal clusters (racemes) maturing to 4"-8" long on a long, leafless stalk; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | nutlet evenly bristly on the outer, rounded surface; no edges  |
| Leaf: | stem leaves stalkless and clasping; basal leaves elliptical to oblong and stalked |
| Habitat: | woods, uplands |
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