Heliotropium crispum

Heliotropium crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to western Africa (including the Canary Islands), Egypt, Sudan, south-western Asia, and Pakistan. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines.[1]

Heliotropium crispum
In habitat on the seashore, Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. crispum
Binomial name
Heliotropium crispum
Desf.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bourjotia kralikii Pomel
  • Heliophytum erosum (Lehm.) DC.
  • Heliotropium bacciferum var. erosum (Lehm.) Hadidy
  • Heliotropium canariense Willd. ex Schult.
  • Heliotropium erosum Lehm.
  • Heliotropium kralikii Pomel
  • Heliotropium maroccanum Lehm.
  • Heliotropium plebeium Banks ex Buch
  • Heliotropium suffruticescens Pomel

Description

Heliotropium crispum is a very variable annual or perennial herbaceous plant. It has greyish leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers.[2]

  • Flowers

Distribution and habitat

Heliotropium crispum is native to western Africa,[3] from the Canary Islands, Mauritania and Senegal to Nigeria, Egypt and Sudan, and to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1] In the Canary Islands, it is found on dry (leeward) southern or western slopes of all the islands.[2]

References
  1. "Heliotropium crispum Desf.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-01
  2. Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001), Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.), Madrid: Editorial Rueda, p. 278, ISBN 84-7207-129-4 (as Heliotropium bacciferum)
  3. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa


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