Heliotropium zeylanicum
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Heliotropium subulatum (A.DC.) Vatke Tournefortia subulata Hochst. ex A. DC. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or procumbent perennial herb, up to 80 cm, growing from a thick rootstock. Leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate, up to c. 10 cm long with longish stiff hairs above and on the veins below, often with small orange glands on the undersurface; margin entire. Flowers in elongating inflorescences, eventually up to 25(-30) cm long, greenish or cream with long caudate-acuminate lobes. Fruits almost round, up to 2.5 mm in diameter, hairless, usually brown. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | zeylanicum: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
| Habitat: | In sandy soils on riverbanks, edges of lakes and dry open woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Arabia, Pakistan and India. |
| FZ divisions: | T,MS,GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 4 October 2022 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 117. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Page 89. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41. Taton, A. (1971). Boraginaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 30 - 32. as Heliotropium subulatum (Includes a picture). |
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