Blooms: June-September
Habit: herb
Duration: annual,perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to tropical America.
Habitat: Saline places at low evelevations, often in the beds of dried ponds.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual,perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to tropical America.
Habitat: Saline places at low evelevations, often in the beds of dried ponds.
Species Description:
General: Glabrous, succulent, taprooted annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate or ascending, the stems 1-6 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves all cauline, alternate, the lowermost reduced and scaly, the others oblanceolate and short-petiolate, 2-6 cm. long and 6-18 mm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 1-several short, coiled, naked spikes at the end of a common peduncle, up to 6 cm. long at maturity; calyx 2-3 mm. long, the 5 lobes erect; corolla white or tinged with blue, 5-lobed, the limb 5-9 mm. wide, the tube slender; stigma sessile, disk-like, as broad as the ovary.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, 1.5-2 mm. long, tardily separating.
General: Glabrous, succulent, taprooted annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate or ascending, the stems 1-6 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves all cauline, alternate, the lowermost reduced and scaly, the others oblanceolate and short-petiolate, 2-6 cm. long and 6-18 mm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 1-several short, coiled, naked spikes at the end of a common peduncle, up to 6 cm. long at maturity; calyx 2-3 mm. long, the 5 lobes erect; corolla white or tinged with blue, 5-lobed, the limb 5-9 mm. wide, the tube slender; stigma sessile, disk-like, as broad as the ovary.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, 1.5-2 mm. long, tardily separating.
Accepted Name:
Heliotropium curassavicum L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Heliotropium curassavicum
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Heliotropium curassavicum specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Heliotropium curassavicum specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Heliotropium curassavicum treatment.
E-Flora BC: Heliotropium curassavicum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Heliotropium curassavicum images.
USDA Plants Database: Heliotropium curassavicum.
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
G. D. Carr, 1978
G. D. Carr, 1978
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