Heliotropiaceae

Common heliotrope

Heliotropium steudneri Vatke

Family: Heliotropiaceae
Genus: Heliotropium

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Common heliotrope: Nkumbe Hill, H10 Road North of Lower Sabie, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: رقيب الشمس الحبشي
English: Common heliotrope

Synonyms

Heliotropium abyssinicum Vatke
Heliotropium bottae Deflers
Heliotropium chiatellinii Chiov.
Heliotropium dissimile N.E.Br.
Heliotropium eduardi Martelli
Heliotropium gorinii Chiov.
Heliotropium hirsutissimum Vatke
Heliotropium nelsonii C.H.Wright
Heliotropium pectinatum Vaupel
Heliotropium pectinatum subsp. mkomaziense Verdc.
Heliotropium pectinatum subsp. septentrionale Verdc.
Heliotropium rogersii Kaplan

Photos

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, 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). About our plant data.