Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. is a plant in the Heliotropiaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. (Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.)
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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.

Genus
Heliotropium
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.

Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. is a species of flowering shrub in the plant family Heliotropiaceae. Its common names are Polynesian heliotrope, Pacific heliotrope, Scrub heliotrope, and the Hawaiian name hinahina kū kahakai. This species is native to the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Christmas Island, Saipan, Tinian, Wake Island, and New Caledonia. The variety Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum is the official flower of the Hawaiian island of Kahoʻolawe.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Heliotropiaceae Heliotropium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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