Andersonglossum boreale
northern hound's-tongue
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
northern hound's-tongue
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a taproot; stems single, spreading long-hairy, 40-80 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal and lowermost stem leaves long-stalked, 7-20 cm long, 2.5-7 cm wide, the blades elliptic or egg-shaped, straight, appressed-hairy; middle and upper leaves reduced upwards, unstalked, clasping, becoming more oblong or egg-shaped, alternate, entire.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 3-several wands (false racemes) atop a long, naked stalk; corollas funnel-shaped, blue; petals fused at base into a squat (to 3 mm long) tube that spreads (5-8 mm wide) at top to 5 rounded lobes, with 5 oblong, yellow bulges at the throat; mature calyces 1-2.5 mm long.
Fruits:
Nutlets 4, clustered together but spreading apart at maturity, 3.5-5 mm long, egg-shaped, covered with barb-tipped prickles.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Andersonglossum boreale
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
681 | 433 | 840 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
29 | 3 | 50 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
139 | 120 | 352 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 3 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1), SBS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic forest openings in the lower montane zone; infrequent in C and N BC; E to NF and S to N MI, IN and CT.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cynoglossum boreale Fernald