Cynoglossum amabile


Cynoglossum amabile, the Chinese hound's tongue or Chinese forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Asia. A hardy annual growing to, it has hairy leaves and cymes of sky-blue flowers in late summer. This plant, closely related to the common forget-me-not of temperate gardens, is also grown as an ornamental. In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit..
The Latin specific epithet amabile means "lovely".

Toxicity

Cynoglossum amabile contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids such as amabiline.