| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains; also Rowan County. A specimen from Orange County has no data or image at SERNEC. Specimens from Polk and Transylvania counties are Andersonglossum virginianum, a native species.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout Canada and the U.S. except the Deep South. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Roadside, open slope, meadow, rock outcrop, recently deforested bald at 5,000 feet (Madison Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-July. | |
| Identification | Hound's-tongue is a glaucous or glaucescent plant 2-3 feet tall with soft pubescence. The leaves are alternate and numerous on the stem, broadly lance-shaped. The flowers grow in short racemes, the petals red to maroon. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | UPL link |
| USACE-emp | UPL link |
