Boraginaceae Week: Cynoglossum lanceolatum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 41. 1775.

Syn: C. micranthum Desf.

The species is quite distinct in its pale blue or white much smaller flowers hardly 2-2.5 mm across, lanceolate leaves, covered both with bulbous based hairs and simple hairs and uniformly bristly nutlets 

In closely related C. zeylanicum (syn: C. furcatum Wall. ex Roxb.) flowers are larger (5-6 mm across) and leaves covered with soft appressed hairs.

Photographed from near Tapiana Sahib Gurdwara in Sialkot near Baramulla in July

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[ushadi Micromini]

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