Heliotropiaceae
European heliotrope
Heliotropium europaeum
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- رقيب الشمس الأوروبي, التنوم, العقربانة, حشيشة العقرب, شجرة اليمام
- arz
- رقيب الشمس الاوروبى
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена подсунка
- Catalan
- Cua d'escorpí, Heliotropi, Herba berruguera, Herba d'eruga, Herba passerella, Passerella
- Chinese
- 天芥菜
- Croatian
- Europska bradavka
- Czech
- Otočník evropský
- English
- European heliotrope
- Finnish
- Rikkaheliotrooppi
- French
- Héliotrope d'Europe
- German
- Europäische Sonnenwende
- Hebrew
- עוקץ-עקרב אירופי
- hsb
- Europska wobrotnička
- Italian
- Erba porraia
- lah
- ہاتھی سنڈ
- Macedonian
- Европска бубаќарка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ugrasheliotrop
- Persian
- آفتابپرست اروپایی
- Romanian
- Vanilie sălbatică
- Russian
- Гелиотроп европейский
- Swedish
- Ogräsheliotrop
- Ukrainian
- Гелiотроп звичайний
- Vietnamese
- Vòi voi châu Âu
Synonyms
- Heliotropium majus Garsault
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 1,292 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, 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.