Heliotropium indicum
(Indian Heliotrope)
Heliotropium indicum, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9521
Heliotropium indicum, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9510
Heliotropium indicum, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9512
Heliotropium indicum, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9533
Heliotropium indicum, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9531
| Scientific Name | Heliotropium indicum | USDA PLANTS Symbol | HEIN |
| Common Name | Indian Heliotrope | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 31638 |
| Family | Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soil types along river and streambanks, bottom lands, ditches, edges of ponds and marshes and in open disturbed areas. Plant: Leafy, erect, robust, coarse annual up to about 40 inches tall; branched stems are deeply grooved and covered with large, coarse, white hairs (villose or hispid). Leaves: Opposite or alternate on petioles 1-1/2 to 4 inches long; blades are ovate to elliptic with pointed tips, 1-1/4 to 6 inches long and 3/4 to 4 inches wide with repand or undulate margins; upper surface is rough and with coarse veins, the lower has prominent veins. Inflorescence: Very elongated, curled cluster (scorpiod cyme) up to 6 inches long of small blue to violet flowers at stem tips; flowers are 5-lobed and less than 1/4-inch across and arranged in apparent double rows along one side. Bloom period: June to October. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason and Cabi Compendium. |
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Texas Status: Introduced |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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