• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Heliotropium marifolium subsp. marifolium
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Nela danti (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1500m on exposed slopes, especially on the rocks.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R & Siddharth.S
• Collection Date : 26/10/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0057
• Collection Locality : K.P.Dam, Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• 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 scabrum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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