• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Gutta kandi (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : On hills amongst grasses and exposed slopes near rocky areas.
• Flower, Fruit : March-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district
  • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Salem district, Coimbatore district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Java, Indonesia, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Heliotropium bracteatum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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