| Garden heliotrope | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Heliotropium |
| Species: | H. arborescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliotropium arborescens | |
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Heliotropium arborescens, the garden heliotrope or just heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae, native to Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.[2] Common names also include cherry pie and common heliotrope.[3] It is an economically damaging invasive species in Australia.[4]
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Heliotropium arborescens - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 519. ISBN 9781405332965.
- ^ Khan, Jo (29 July 2021). "Invasive species have cost Australia $390 billion in the past 60 years, study shows". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2021.