- 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 IPNI) : Heliotropium indicum L.
- Common name : Indian Heliotrope, Indian Turnsole
- Vernacular name :
- Sirari, Hattasura, Hatta juri, Hatisura (Hindi)
- Chelubaalada gida (Kannada)
- Thael Kodukkupoondu, Vandu Nikkira chedi (Tamil)
- Naga danti (Telugu)
- Hatisundha, Hatisura (Oria)
- Hasthi shundi (Sanskrit)
- Thelkada, Therkkada (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : moist or dry sandy places, wastelands, roadsides.
- Comments / notes : On plains to 800m, in wastelands and waysides. A ready colonizer.
- Key identification features : Leaves alternate or opposite, ovate-deltoid, margin slightly wavy-crisped; Flowers pale violet (lilac) with a yellow throat.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 27/04/1970
- Collection Nos : 16942
- Collection Locality : Kempuhole, Sriradi ghat
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 188
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Heliotropium indicum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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