[Hound's Tongues: The Genera Adelinia and Cynoglossum in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue

Adelinia grande

Synonym: Cynoglossum grande

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's tongue as seen at left at Catherine Creek, Columbia Gorge Scenic Area.....April 14, 2007. The photo at right shows great hound's tongue blooming under Oregon white oaks and with western buttercup at Heartleaf Bluff, a Friends of the Columbia Gorge property near Lyle, WA.......April 13, 2024.
Inflorescence of Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of great hound's tongue as seen at Catherine Creek, Columbia Gorge Scenic Area.....May 4, 1991.
Characteristics:

Great hound's tongue is an attractive addition to the open woodland garden where it does well under Oregon white oaks. I have one that has flowered dependably for a number of years, slowly increasing in size. So far it has not naturalized, which might be a concern out of its range since so many borages can spread easily and become a nuisance. If you buy plants from a nursery, make sure that the flowers are blue rather than purple or violet, the sign of the weedy common houndstongue which you don't want to start in your neighborhood!

Habitat:

Great hound's tongue may be found in open oak or pine woods at lower and middle elevations.

Range:

Great hound's tongue may be found from southern British Columbia south to San Luis Obispo and Tulare counties, Californa. It is found wholly west of the Cascades except inthe Columbia River Gorge.

In the Columbia River Gorge, it may be found between the elevations of 100'-2500' between Grant Lake in the west and the Klickitat River in the east.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great houndstongue blooming along the Weldon Wagon Trail several miles east of Husum, WA......May 4, 2022.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Inflorescence of Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great houndstongue blooming in oak and conifer forest at the trailhead for the Weldon Wagon Trail about one mile east of Husum, WA......April 23, 2024.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great houndstongue as seen amidst poison oak in oak forest on the east side of Catherine Creek about two-thirds of a mile north of the powerlines. Columbia River Gorge.........April 3, 2012.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's tongue blooming at left along the Dog Mountain Trail in the Columbia River Gorge.........May 4, 2011. The photo at right shows great hound's tongue blooming in oak forest at Catherine Creek.......April 19, 2017.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's tongue blooming along upper Catherine Creek and on the west-facing slopes of Tracy Hill, Columbia River Gorge........April 8, 2014.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

The photo at left shows great hound's tongue blooming along the trail on Starvation Ridge, Columbia River Gorge..........April 26, 2015. The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of great hound's tongue as seen along the Wygant Trail just east of Perham Creek, Wygant State natural Area..........March 29, 2015.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Inflorescence of Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's tongue blooming under the oaks at Catherine Creek..........April 13, 2016.

Inflorescence of Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's-tongue beginning to bloom under the oaks along the Weldon Wagon Trail about a mile east of Husum, WA.......April 19, 2018.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Inflorrescence of Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Great hound's-tongue blooming in forest openings on slopes to the north of Winegartner Valley, several miles north of BZ Corner, WA.....May 12, 2023.

Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande) - Adeline's Hound's-tongue, Grand Hound's Tongue, Great Hound's Tongue, Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grande (Synonym: Cynoglossum grande)

Emerging leaves of great hound's tongue as seen under the oaks at Catherine Creek..........March 23, 2017. The new leaves have a purplish tinge for several weeks before the proportion of chlorophyll in them increases. The photo at right shows the basal leaves and flower buds of great hound's tongue as seen under oaks along Rowena Creek about one-third of a mile south of old Highway 30, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area......April 13, 2023.
Paul Slichter