heliotrope, clasping
| COMMON NAME: | Heliotrope, clasping | |
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Heliotropium amplexicaule | |
| FAMILY: | Boraginaceae | |
| LIFECYCLE: | Perennial | |
| FEATURES: | Low growing perennial dicot herb. Stem stiff, rough, pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate with stipules normally present at leaf base. Leaves lanceolate with pinnate venation. Inflorescence a curved cluster 5 to 20 cm in length of small flowers. Inflorescence is apical often with 2 or more separate inflorescence branches. Flowers five-fused petals, purple with yellow throat. |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Common plant along roadsides and infrequently mowed areas. Very attractive flowers with unique curved flower. Can be planted as a ground cover intermixed with low maintenance turf. |
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 Broad View |
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