- Family : BORAGINACEAE
(BORAGE FAMILY or FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
- Species : Heliotropium indicum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Heliotropium indicum L.
- Common name : Indian Heliotrope, Indian Turnsole
- Vernacular name : Sirari, Hattasura, Hatta juri, Hatisura (Hin.); Chelubaalada gida (Kan.); Thael kodukkupoondu, Vandu nikkira chedi (Tam.); Naga danti (Tel.); Hatisundha, Hatisura (Ori.); Hasthi shundi (San.)
- Key identification features : An annual, erect, branched herb, 15-50 cm tall. Stem is hairy bearing alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate leaves. Flowers are small with a green calyx. Corolla tubular with spreading lobes. Ovary four-lobed.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
- Comments : On plains to 800 m, in wastelands and wayside. A ready colonizer.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : America, Africa, Tropical Himalaya, India, Myanmar, China, Ryuku, Malesia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Heliotropium indicum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.
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