Heliotropiaceae
Cherry-pie
Heliotropium arborescens
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- رقيب الشمس الشجري, رقيب الشمس البيروي
- arz
- رقيب الشمس الشجرى
- Cantonese
- 鹹蝦花
- Chinese
- 香水草, 南美天芥菜
- Danish
- Ægte Heliotrop
- English
- Cherry-pie, Garden heliotrope, Common heliotrope, Heliotrope
- Estonian
- Harilik heliotroop
- Finnish
- Tuoksuheliotrooppi
- German
- Vanilleblume, Vanillestrauch
- Japanese
- ヘリオトロープ
- Persian
- گل آفتابپرست
- Polish
- Heliotrop peruwiański, Heliotrop wonny, Słonecznica peruwiańska, Tomiłek peruwiański
- Quechua
- Hurutmi
- Swedish
- Heliotrop
- Vietnamese
- Vòi voi vani
Synonyms
- Heliotropium arborescens var. grisellum I.M.Johnst.
- Heliotropium corymbosum Ruiz & Pav.
- Heliotropium grandiflorum Donn
- Heliotropium odoratissimum Gaterau
- Heliotropium odoratum Moench
- Heliotropium odorum Salisb.
- Heliotropium peruvianum L.
- Heliotropium peruvianum var. voltaireanum Paxton
- Heliotropium voltaireanum (Paxton) Loudon
- Synzistachium peruvianum (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, 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.