Heliotropium supinum L.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (BORAGE FAMILY or FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
  • Species : Heliotropium supinum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Heliotropium supinum L.
  • Common name : Dwarf Heliotrope
  • Key identification features : A prostrate herb covered with soft white hairs. Flowers small, white, infundibuliform (funnel-shaped), sessile in small clusters.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : On plains and foothills of dry forests and also on fallow fields.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Villipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Guntur district, Anantapur district, Anantapur district, Krishna district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Nayagarh district, Cuttack district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Europe, Africa, Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Australia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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 supinum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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