Boraginaceae
Mexican saucerflower
Antiphytum heliotropioides
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Antiphytum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mexican saucerflower
Synonyms
- Amblynotopsis heliotropioides (A.DC.) J.F.Macbr.
- Cryptantha heliotropoides Loes.
- Eritrichium heliotropioides (A.DC.) Torr.
- Krynitzkia heliotropioides A.Gray
- Krynitzkia heliotropoides Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Norman Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.