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Adelinia grandis (formerly Cynoglossum grande) is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Pacific hound's tongue. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in shady areas in woodland and chaparral. On the forest floor of California oak woodlands typical plant associates are Calochortus luteus, Delphinium variegatum and Calochortus amabilis.It is a perennial herb producing an erect stem 30 to 90 centimeters tall from a taproot. The leaves are mostly located around the base of the plant, each with an oval blade up to 15 centimeters long held on a petiole. The flower cluster is a panicle of flowers on individual pedicels. Each five-lobed flower is bright to deep blue with white appendages at the center. It is 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide. The fruit is an array of four slightly bristly nutlets.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

1 - 3 ft Tall

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Color

Blue, Purple

Flowering season

Winter, Spring, Summer

Special uses

Deer resistant

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Soil description

Prefers a deep fertile well-drained but moisture retentive soil. Succeeds in well-drained ordinary garden soil.
Soil PH: 4.9 - 7.6

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment. (Emery and Frey 1971).

Sunset Zones

4*, 5*, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17

Site type

Grows in shady areas in woodland and chaparral

Plant communities

Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

6 confirmed and 20 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

Propertius Duskywing

Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing

Erynnis tristis

Gnophaela latipennis