✿Boraginaceae · Heliotropium
Heliotropium scabrum
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heliotropium scabrum
- Genus
- Heliotropium
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Heliotropium scabrum itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Heliotropium scabrum itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Heliotropium scabrum
Heliotropium scabrum is a herb in the Boraginaceae family. It is native to India. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Heliotropium scabrum belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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