Heliotropiaceae
Scorpion's-tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Scorpion's-tail
- guc
- Je'yutse
Synonyms
- Heliophytum parviflorum (Murray) DC.
- Heliophytum parviflorum (Murray) DC.
- Heliophytum parviflorum var. subellipticum DC.
- Heliophytum portoricense Bello
- Heliophytum portoricensis Bello
- Heliotropium foetidum Salzm. ex DC.
- Heliotropium lancifolium Sessé & Moc.
- Heliotropium lanciofolium Sessé & Moc.
- Heliotropium latifolium Willd. ex Lehm.
- Heliotropium oblongifolium M.Martens & Galeotti
- Heliotropium parviflorum L.f.
- Heliotropium patebilcense Kunth
- Heliotropium patibilcense Kunth
- Heliotropium rugosum Matt. & Galeotti
- Heliotropium scorpioides Kunth
- Heliotropium synzystachyum Ruiz & Pav.
- Schobera angiosperma (Murray) Britton
- Schobera angiosperma (Murray) Scop.
- Schobera hirsuta Raf.
- Tournefortia synzystachya Roem. & Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Jahel Ceron9, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.