Heliotropiaceae
Salt heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- رقيب الشمس الغبيري, رقيب الشمس ضيق الأوراق
- arz
- رقيب الشمس الغبيرى
- Bangla
- নোনা হাতিশুড়
- English
- Salt heliotrope
- Finnish
- Lännenheliotrooppi
- French
- Héliotrope de Curaçao, Heliotrope de Curacao
- hsb
- Curaçaowa wobrotnička
- nv
- Toohjįʼhotso
- Swedish
- Strandheliotrop
- Vietnamese
- Vòi voi duyên hải
Synonyms
- Coldenia succulenta Peter
- Heliotropium angustifolium Raf.
- Heliotropium chenopodioides Willd.
- Heliotropium chilense Bertero
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. chenopodioides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lehm.
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. violaceum Ram.Goyena
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. xerophilum A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Heliotropium glaucophyllum Moench
- Heliotropium glaucum Salisb.
- Heliotropium lehmannianum Bruns
- Heliotropium portulacoides DC. ex Bello
- Heliotropium virens E.Mey. ex DC.
- Heliotropium xerophilum Cockerell
Flowers
- In flower
- March to November (from 3,663 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steve Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonas Katona, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena Ortiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jorge Luis Murillo Palma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Zach Earl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Devon Koeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: javier_bio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.