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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Adelinia J.I.Cohen |
| Species: | A. grande
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| Adelinia grande | |
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Adelinia grandis, previously known as Cynoglossum grande, is a species of flowering plant commonly known as hound's tongue[2] in the borage family.[1] It is the only species in the genus Adelinia.
Producing panicles of blue flowers, the species is native to western North America and was used medicinally by Native Americans to treat burns and stomach aches.
Description
[edit]It is a perennial herb producing an erect stem up to 80 centimetres (31 in) tall[2] from a taproot. The leaves are mostly located around the base of the plant, each with an oval blade up to 15 cm (6 in) long held on a petiole, which near the base are also up to 15 cm long.[3]
The inflorescence 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 cm (3⁄8 to 5⁄8 in) wide. The fruit is an array of four slightly bristly nutlets.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name of Adelinia honours Adeline Etta Cohen (b. 2014), daughter of American botanist James I. Cohen, who described the plant.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species 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 amabilis, C. luteus, and Delphinium variegatum.[5]
Uses
[edit]Native Americans made a preparation of the roots to treat burns and stomach aches.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Adelinia grande (Douglas ex Lehm.) J.I.Cohen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ a b Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.
- ^ a b Jepson Manual. 1993
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
- ^ Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 593. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Gold Nuggets: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- Jepson Manual. 1993. Cynoglossum grande
- Larry Ulrich. 2002. Wildflowers of Henry W. Coe State Park
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Native in California.Synonyms
- Adelinia grande
- Pacific Hound's Tongue
- Cynoglossum grande