- Family : BORAGINACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
- Species : Heliotropium indicum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Heliotropium indicum L.
- Common name : Indian Heliotrop, Indian Turnsole
- Vernacular name : Hasthi shundi (San.); Siriyari (Hin.); Chelubaalada gida (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : HFP 1638, CJS 16942, CS 6579
- 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
- Native : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
- Comments : Common in wastelands and in paddy fields after harvest
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
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