✿Boraginaceae · Heliotropium
Dwarf Heliotrope
Heliotropium supinum
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heliotropium supinum
- Genus
- Heliotropium
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Europe, North Africa, Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Australia
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- 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 Dwarf Heliotrope 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 Dwarf Heliotrope itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Dwarf Heliotrope
A member of the Boraginaceae family, Dwarf Heliotrope (Heliotropium supinum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 7 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Dwarf Heliotrope belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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