Heliotropiaceae

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Euploca polyphylla (Lehm.) J.I.M.Melo & Semir

Euploca polyphylla (Lehm.) J.I.M.Melo & Semir

Euploca polyphylla (Lehm.) J.I.M.Melo & Semir

Euploca polyphylla is a herb or subshrub with prostrate or decumbent sericeous stems, alternate or sub - opposite leaves, single or paired cymose inflorescences, yellow or white tubular corollas, and subglobose fruits covered by the calyx.

Euploca procumbens (Mill.) Diane & Hilger

Euploca procumbens (Mill.) Diane & Hilger

Euploca procumbens (Mill.) Diane & Hilger

Euploca procumbens is an annual herb up to 50 cm long, with sericeous stems, elliptic - obovate leaves, terminal/axillary scorpioid cymes of white - flowered blooms, and depressed - globose, 4 - lobed fruit with up to 1 mm long nutlets.

Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl

Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl

Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl

Heliotropium amplexicaule, a poisonous toxic heliotrope native to South America, is a noxious weed in Australia that is targeted for biological control.

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Heliotropium angiospermum, or scorpion's tail, is a flowering heliotrope native to North America, the Caribbean and Mexico that supports pollinators and has medicinal uses.

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

Heliotropium curassavicum is a salty-soil tolerant perennial herb native to the Americas, introduced and sometimes invasive elsewhere.

Heliotropium europaeum L.

Heliotropium europaeum L.

Heliotropium europaeum L.

Heliotropium europaeum is a poisonous annual herb native to Eurasia and North Africa, naturalized widely as a roadside weed.

Heliotropium hirsutissimum Grauer

Heliotropium hirsutissimum Grauer

Heliotropium hirsutissimum Grauer

Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a hairy plant native to parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa.

Heliotropium indicum L.

Heliotropium indicum L.

Heliotropium indicum L.

Heliotropium indicum L. (Indian heliotrope) is an annual Asian weed with toxic alkaloids that is used in traditional medicine.

Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br.

Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br.

Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br.

Tournefortia gnaphalodes is a coastal semi-succulent evergreen flowering shrub in the Boraginaceae family, sometimes cultivated ornamentally and used for dune stabilization.

Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium anomalum is a Pacific-native flowering shrub, one variety of which is the official flower of Hawaii’s Kahoʻolawe.

Heliotropium arborescens L.

Heliotropium arborescens L.

Heliotropium arborescens L.

Heliotropium arborescens, the common garden heliotrope, is a fragrant purple-flowered shrub containing toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Heliotropium stenophyllum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium stenophyllum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium stenophyllum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium stenophyllum is a Heliotropiaceae plant species endemic to semi-desert coastal northern Chile.

Euploca humilis (L.) Feuillet

Euploca humilis (L.) Feuillet

Euploca humilis (L.) Feuillet

Euploca humilis, the dwarf tournefortia, is a flowering plant in Heliotropiaceae native to the Neotropics.

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