Heliotropiaceae
Indian heliotrope
Heliotropium indicum
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- رقيب الشمس الهندي
- arz
- رقيب الشمس الهندى, رقيب الشمس الهندي
- Bambara
- Nɔɔnsiku
- Bangla
- হাতিশুঁড়, মহাশুণ্ডী, শ্রীহস্তিনী, হস্তীশুণ্ডী, হাতিশুঁড়ি, হাতিশুণ্ডি
- Burmese
- ဆေးဆင်လက်, ဆင်နှာမောင်း
- Chinese
- 大尾搖, 大尾摇, 狗尾草, 狗尾天芥菜, 象鼻草
- dag
- Kpansogwa
- English
- Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole
- Haitian Creole
- Vèvenn pyan
- Indonesian
- Sangketan
- Javanese
- Tlalé gajah
- Malayalam
- തേൾക്കട, തേക്കട
- mnw
- လပှ်စိင်၊ တၞံ
- Odia
- ନାଗଦନ୍ତୀ, ହାତିଶୁଣ୍ଢ
- pam
- Uladulad
- Portuguese
- Cravo de urubu
- shn
- ယႃႈငူင်းၸၢင်ႉ, တူၼ်ႈယႃႈငူင်းၸၢင်ႉ, တူၼ်ႈယႃႈၽၢႆးငူင်းၸၢင်ႉ
- Spanish
- Alacrancillo
- Tamil
- தேள் கொடுக்கி
- Telugu
- నాగదంతి
- Thai
- หญ้างวงช้าง
- Vietnamese
- Vòi voi
Synonyms
- Eliopia riparia Raf.
- Eliopia serrata Raf.
- Heliophytum foetidum DC.
- Heliophytum indicum DC.
- Heliophytum velutinum DC.
- Heliotropium africanum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Heliotropium anisophyllum P.Beauv.
- Heliotropium cordifolium Moench
- Heliotropium foetidum Salisb.
- Heliotropium horminifolium Mill.
- Heliotropium parviflorum Blanco
- Tiaridium anisophyllum G.Don
- Tiaridium indicum Lehm.
- Tiaridium indicum var. mexicanum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Tiaridium velutinum Lehm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to November (from 1,183 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jahnavee Palsodkar (she/her), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: HM Emon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: saltyhiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, 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.