| Heliotropium curassavicum | |
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| variety oculatum in California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Heliotropium |
| Species: | H. curassavicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | |
Heliotropium curassavicum, commonly called salt heliotrope[2] (among other names), a species of flowering plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae). It is native to much of the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the West Indies and Hawaii. It can be found as an introduced, and sometimes invasive, species in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.[3] It thrives in salty soils, such as beach sand, alkali flats, and salt marshes.[3] It is often found in disturbed coastal sites.[4]
- ^ NatureServe (2023). "Heliotropium curassavicum". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Heliotropium curassavicum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ a b Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan (1991). "The genera of Boraginaceae in the southeastern United States". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Supplementary Series. 1: 1–169. JSTOR 43782784.
- ^ Seaside heliotrope The Institute for Regional Conservation