NameThatPlant.net: Heliotropium amplexicaule

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Heliotropiaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Clasping Heliotrope at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-004:

Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Boraginaceae

COMMON NAME:
Clasping Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Heliotropiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-004:
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Boraginaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Uncommon (rare in NC Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bluish/ Purplish
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform or funnelform corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

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