Heliotropiaceae
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Clasping heliotrope
- Persian
- آفتابپرست تابستانی
- Vietnamese
- Vòi voi xanh dương
Synonyms
- Cochranea anchusaefolia (Poir.) Gürke
- Cochranea anchusifolia (Poir.) Gurke
- Cochranea anchusifolia var. latifolia Hicken
- Heliophytum anchusifolium (Poir.) DC.
- Heliophytum anchusifolium var. angustifolium DC.
- Heliophytum anchusifolium var. latifolium DC.
- Heliophytum lithospermifolium DC.
- Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir.
- Heliotropium anchusifolium f. grandiflorum Kuntze
- Heliotropium anchusifolium f. medium Kuntze
- Heliotropium anchusifolium f. parviflorum Kuntze
- Heliotropium anchusifolium var. angustifolium Griseb.
- Heliotropium anchusifolium var. angustifolium Kuntze
- Heliotropium anchusifolium var. latifolium (DC.) Kuntze
- Heliotropium anchusifolium var. lithospermifolium DC.
- Heliotropium bolivianum Rusby
- Heliotropium lithospermifolium Speg.
- Heliotropium montevidense Arechav.
- Heliotropium semiamplexicaule Larrañaga
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: takalani.nelu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lungisani Giba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lungisani Giba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: takalani.nelu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.