Andersonglossum virginianum

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Family:	BORAGINACEAE
Species:	Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
Common Name:	Wild Comfrey; Blue Hound's Tongue
Habitat:	Rich hardwood forests and ravine slopes.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Wild Comfrey is a native herbaceous perennial in the Borage family (Boraginaceae). It is found primarily in north and west Alabama. Wild Comfrey occurs in hardwood forests, in ravines, and on slopes. It is a perennial with thick cord-like roots. Basal leaves are petiolate, elliptic to ovate in outline, and with entire margins. The leaves are softly pubescent. One or more flowering stems emerge from each basal rosette. Flowering stems have petiolate leaves near their base and reduced sessile leaves towards the middle of the stem. Flowers are produced in a leafless false raceme. The corolla has a short tube and 5 spreading lobes. The corolla is white or pale blue in color. The fruit is a mericarp with barbed bristles. Wild Comfrey has been used in herbal medicine as a substitute for Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.). It should not be taken internally as it contains compounds that can cause liver damage. Based on DNA sequence data, James Cohen of Kettering University placed Wild Comfrey in a new genus distinct from Old World Cynoglossum species. The new name for the species is Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J. I. Cohen. (Adelinia and Andersonglossum (Boraginaceae), Two New Genera from New World Species of Cynoglossum: Systematic Botany (2015), 40(2): pp. 611–619).--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, G5T5 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	BORAGINACEAE - Borage family
Genus	Andersonglossum
Species	Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen - Wild Comfrey; Blue Hound's Tongue

Citation

Citation	Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen, Syst. Bot. 40(2): 618. 2015.
Basionym:	Cynoglossum virginianum L. 1753.
Type:	USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 257 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Selvi, in Cafferty & C.E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 802. 2004.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Cynoglossum amplexicaule	Cynoglossum amplexicaule Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 132. 1803.
Cynoglossum lucidum	Cynoglossum lucidum Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 277. 1812, nom. illegit.	Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus 1753.
Myosotis virginiana	Myosotis virginiana Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 131. 1753.		VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 111 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by E. F. Wells, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 803. 2004.
Cynoglossum virginianum	Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 134. 1753.		VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 257 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Selvi, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 802. 2004.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby, St. Clair, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU114528	Franklin	28 Apr 1993	Whetstone, R. David 16415	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0011713	Clarke	27 Apr 2013	Keener, Brian R. 7784	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AMAL00015432	Coosa	28 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4371	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000016832	Etowah	17 Apr 1968	Stuart, Martha s.n.	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039360	Coosa	15 Apr 1977	Harvey, Denise 175	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
JSU114527	Etowah	16 Apr 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1415	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039362	Lawrence	09 May 1987	Haynes, Robert R. 9095	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
JSU114535	Marshall	2 May 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1530	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
SAMF0004415	Jefferson	16 Apr 1965	Myers, Martha Crystal s.n.	SAMF Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_37348	Clarke	20 May 1981	Henderson, T. 87	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UWAL0009866	Limestone	28 Mar 2012	Keener, Brian R. 7012	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
UWAL0007909	Lawrence	11 Apr 2003	England, J. Kevin 395	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
UNA00039367	Lawrence	03 May 1969	Thomas, Joab L. 2027	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AMAL00017809	Henry	25 Mar 2003	Kral, Robert 93716	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039365	Tuscaloosa	16 Apr 1977	Ross, Larry J. 52	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AUA_ACC_38846	Lowndes	7 Apr 1982	Gunn, Scott C. 385	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
AMAL00011329	Tallapoosa	27 Apr 2006	Barger, T. Wayne 157	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000040859	Washington	04 May 2012	Keener, Brian R. 7192	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114532	Limestone	1 Apr 1997	Hofmann, Tim L. 00342	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0019455	Wilcox	07 Apr 1993	Kral, Robert 82023	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114529	Jackson	1 May 1972	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0007911	Wilcox	03 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4174	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114537	Marshall	13 Jun 1976	Whetstone, R. David 8476	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039359	Autauga	16 Apr 1980	Haynes, Robert R. 7732a	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AMAL00020011	Monroe	06 Apr 2011	Barger, T. Wayne 63	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0036378	Marshall	12 Aug 2017	England, J. Kevin 8349	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114531	Jefferson	15 Jul 1985	Barber, J. Patrick 1604	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0007904	Colbert	23 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5835	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AMAL00021667	Lowndes	16 Apr 2014	Keener, Brian R. 8342	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000045757	Autauga	04 Apr 2016	Parker, Matthew R. 540	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0049878	Lowndes	16 Apr 2019	Diamond, Alvin R. 28863	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114523	DeKalb	15 Jun 1974	Atkinson, Tim A. 326	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_26676	DeKalb	13 May 1972	Folsom, James P. 256B	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
JSU146244	Calhoun	13 Apr 1997	Hutchinson, Francine 2478	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000020569	Henry	19 Apr 2005	Kral, Robert 96140	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_65426	Lee	5 Apr 2006	Hansen, Curtis J. 2090	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UWAL0045855	Cullman	05 Apr 2018	Spaulding, Daniel D. 15159	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
UWAL0007910	Marengo	26 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1743	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
TROY000017511	Coosa	28 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4371	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33018	Bibb	8 Jul 1976	Sessler, Ann H. 188	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00039361	Morgan	17 Apr 1977	Miranda, Nisa 51	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
UWAL0007906	Fayette	20 May 2005	England, J. Kevin 645	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
TROY000017475	Fayette	20 May 2005	England, J. Kevin 645	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114530	Jackson	23 May 1975	Durham, Steven D. 452	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0007908	Jackson	15 Apr 2007	Keener, Brian R. 3475	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AUA_ACC_62607	Monroe	18 Apr 2003	Roberts, Collin 27	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
SAMF0004413	Monroe	03 Apr 2011	Davenport, Lawrence J. 4619	SAMF Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AMAL00015539	Wilcox	03 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4174	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
ALNHS00001177	Jackson	26 Apr 2012	Barger, T. Wayne SP#580	ALNHS Cynoglossum virginianum L.
JSU114524	DeKalb	11 Aug 1974	Whetstone, R. David 3497	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0011878	Washington	04 May 2012	Keener, Brian R. 7192	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AUA_ACC_29802	Lee	1 Apr 1974	Lancaster, D.S. 81	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00058833	Henry	12 May 1999	Kral, Robert 88386	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AUA_ACC_72981	Lauderdale	13 Aug 2009	Holt, Brian D. SC-151	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
AMAL00023670	Lee	25 Mar 2001	Soehren, Eric C. 95	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum L. var. virgnianum
AMAL00005963	Henry	12 May 1999	Kral, Robert 88386	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0046577	Autauga	04 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 540	UWAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_38847	Lowndes	7 Apr 1982	Gunn, Scott C. 385	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
TROY000016723	Wilcox	03 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4174	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114526	Etowah	23 Apr 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 1195	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_42047	Monroe	20 Mar 1986	Diamond, Alvin R. 2162	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
JSU114521	Cherokee	1 Apr 1976	Whetstone, R. David 7963	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA000039404	Morgan	23 Apr 2016	England, J. Kevin 6295	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L. Var. Virginianum
JSU114539	Marshall	13 Aug 1973	Miller, Duane s.n.	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0031556	Morgan	30 Jun 2011	England, J. Kevin 3036	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114534	Madison	25 Apr 1996	Threlkeld, Steven J. 216	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0009751	Madison	27 Mar 2012	Keener, Brian R. 6962	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
TROY000034690	Butler	24 Mar 2012	Diamond, Alvin R. 22873	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114538	Marshall	28 May 1975	Whetstone, R. David 4116	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0035075	Marshall	29 Apr 2017	England, J. Kevin 7684	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AUA_ACC_44227	Conecuh	12 Apr 1986	Diamond, Alvin R. 2288	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00066012	Lawrence	06 May 1999	Haynes, Robert R. 9946	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
JSU114541	Tuscaloosa	2 Apr 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 151	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000003225	Henry	25 Mar 2003	Kral, Robert 93716	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114536	Marshall	22 Apr 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1404	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114525	Etowah	17 Apr 1968	Bartling, Dan s.n.	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34940	Shelby	19 Jun 1977	Sessler, Ann H. 1615	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UWAL0032449	Morgan	23 Apr 2016	England, J. Kevin 6295	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114540	St. Clair	6 Apr 1956	Terry, Martha s.n.	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0015583	Lowndes	16 Apr 2014	Keener, Brian R. 8342	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
UNA00039371	Tuscaloosa	16 Apr 1986	Wallace, Donna L. 32	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
UWAL0007905	Coosa	28 Apr 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4371	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
TROY000028682	Marengo	26 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1743	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114533	Madison	6 May 1973	Gurley, Bob s.n.	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0052541	Bibb	16 Mar 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11019	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
UWAL0007907	Henry	19 Apr 2005	Kral, Robert 96140	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
JSU114340	Cherokee	1 Apr 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1030	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22059	Lee	1 May 1970	Evans, R.W. 189	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
JSU146245	Calhoun	13 Apr 1997	Hutchinson, Francine 2478	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
TROY000048293	Lowndes	16 Apr 2019	Diamond, Alvin R. 28863	TROY Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AMAL00005964	Etowah	23 Mar 1989	Spaulding, Daniel D. 50	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0018074	Limestone	30 Apr 1987	Kral, Robert 73782	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AUA_ACC_12874	Lee	17 Mar 1966	Smith, David M.	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00039357	Winston	01 May 1880	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AUA_ACC_29807	Lawrence	13 Apr 1974	Jenkins, J.D. 141	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00073612	Blount	11 Apr 1998	Keener, Brian R. 591	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AUA_ACC_43388	Conecuh	20 Apr 1985	Diamond, Alvin R. 441	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UNA00057273	Madison	20 Apr 1973	Simmers, Richard W. s.n.	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
UWAL0012021	Blount	11 Apr 1998	Keener, Brian R. 591	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AUA_ACC_62609	Monroe	18 Apr 2003	Coleman, C.M. 70	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
TROY000040730	Choctaw	07 Apr 2013	Keener, Brian R. 7738	TROY Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
SAMF0004414	Jackson	04 Jun 2006	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3466	SAMF Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
JSU114542	Tuscaloosa	2 Apr 1976	Whetstone, R. David 8082	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039358	Tuscaloosa	01 Apr 1874	Smith, Eugene A. s.n.	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
JSU114522	DeKalb	11 Aug 1974	Whetstone, R. David 3497	JSU Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UWAL0012150	Choctaw	07 Apr 2013	Keener, Brian R. 7738	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen
AMAL00018473	Lawrence	19 May 2006	England, J. Kevin 647	AMAL Cynoglossum virginianum Linnaeus
UNA00039364	Lawrence	26 Apr 1977	Haynes, Robert R. 6118	UNA Cynoglossum virginianum L.
AUA_ACC_54569	Limestone	5 May 1979	Atchley, Cecil G. 126	AUA Cynoglossum Virginianum L.
UWAL0034921	Jackson	16 Apr 2009	Barger, T. Wayne HC-195	UWAL Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I. Cohen

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Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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Andersonglossum virginianum

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