CYNOGLOSSUM amabile Chinese Forget-me-Not ____________________________________ Type: Annual Height: 12" (30cm) Flowering Time: Summer Flower Colour: Blue, pink, white ____________________________________ Botanical Classification: Class: Angiospermae (Angiosperms) Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons) Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder) Order: Polemoniales (Jacob's Ladder Order) Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-Not Family) Genus: Cynoglossum (Hound's Tongue) Species: amabile (pleasant) ____________________________________

Cynoglossum amabile is an annual reaching around 12" in height, with dark greyish-green pointed leaves and rounded bright blue flowers in summer. Hybrids are also available with pink or white flowers.

Its common name is Chinese Forget-me-Not, but it is a much coarser plant with larger and brighter blue flowers than the Forget-me-Not we are familiar with. The seeds and seedpods are also more like those of our wild Cynoglossum officinale (Hound's Tongue), with the five large seeds covered in velcro-like hooks so that they will stick to animals or birds to be dispersed.

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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

	Seed Pod There is no seed pod. The five seeds are in a ring on the calyx.
	Seed The seeds are large woody beige drops with a raised edge, covered in velcro-like hooks.
	Seedling The seedling has large rounded seedleaves, followed by smaller, more pointed true leaves.
Seed sowing and Germination Winter: Seeds sown inside in winter germinated in 33 days.