Heliotropium curassavicum L.

🌿 Common Name: Seaside Heliotrope, Wild heliotrope, Salt heliotrope

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
  • Naturally grown
  • Seaside Heliotrope is a succulent perennial herb that can grow up to 25 cm in length. Fleshy glaucous leaves that range in color from blue-green to yellowish gray-green are its defining feature. They are oblong and slender, reaching a maximum length of 4 cm. Spreading bunches of shoots emerge from a perennial taproot. Lateral roots also produce shoots. The flowers are born with coiled branches, same like all heliotropes.

    All Pic Credit @Mehul Yadav

  • Heliotropium curassavicum - Habit
    Heliotropium curassavicum - Habit
    PC: Mehul Yadav
  • Screenshot 2025-04-13 232739
    Screenshot 2025-04-13 232739

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
March 🌼 Flowering
April 🍒 Fruiting, 🌼 Flowering

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperms
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-Class
Seriesbicarpellatae
OrdPolemoniales
FamilyBORAGINACEAE
SpeciesHeliotropium curassavicum L.
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