Jun 15
Yay, I’m so excited I can hardly stand it.
My unidentifiable plant, well it’s houndstongue!
Here are pictures:
The good news is that I’ve identified my beautiful plant.
The bad news is that I found it on the Boulder County noxious weeds website.
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Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) Houndstongue has reddish-purple flowers and spreads readily by means of burrs which attach to clothing or animal fur. It is toxic, particularly to horses and cattle, preventing liver cells from reproducing. This biennial is controllable by handpulling. Large infestations may need to be controlled with an herbicide.
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Well. Better not let the horses eat it. Nor let the dogs. They’re sort of horses, too.
3 Responses to “It’s Houndstongue!!!”
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:cry: 
8-) 
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June 16th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I’m so glad you found it, although I’m bummed that my mom - the queen of what grows - didn’t get that info for you.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
LOL! Did she not know what it was??
It *IS* sad. I pulled the guy right out of the ground. Then I wrapped cuttings with string and hung him up from my arched porch. It’s still beautiful.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:47 am
Good, gotta keep your horses safe. Glad you found out what it was, I’m sure that was driving you mad. Or more mad. Whatever.