Cynoglossum officinale L.

Native, Axiophyte

Hound's-tongue is a biennial herb of disturbed ground, growing mostly on dry, often base-rich soils. Habitats include coastal dunes, shingle, open grassland, woodland margins and clearings, field edges, cleared land and gravelly waste. It is unpalatable to grazing animals and is often frequent on disturbed ground by rabbit warrens (D. Welch in Preston et al, 2002)

In Norfolk, Hound's-tongue is most frequent on the light chalky soils of the Brecks and the northwest of the county and on the more calcareous sand dunes of the northwest coast. It is much scarcer and more scattered in the east of the county.