Houndstongue (the fruit) or Rats and Mice (due to its smell)
Cynoglossum officinale
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- Type: Flowering Plant
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Genus: Cynoglossum
- Species: officinale
- Colour: Red
- Habitat: Meadows
- Habitat: Waysides
- Site:Dorking
- Site:Surrey
- Site:UK
- Month:July
- Photographer:RKS