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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium indicum
FAMILY
Heliotropiaceae
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Read more about Indian Heliotrope at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium indicum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliotropium indicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-003:
Heliotropium indicum FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tiaridium indicum
COMMON NAME:
Indian Heliotrope, Turnsole
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hein_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_indicum_5
August
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_324
September Spartanburg County SC
Leaves ovate to elliptic and long-petioled, plant villosulous-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_325
September Spartanburg County SC
Erect, coarse annual, to 10dm tall, stems loosely branched, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_326b
September Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence with 2 ranks of crowded flowers and fruits, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_326c
September Spartanburg County SC
Flowers in simple, solitary, bractless, elongate, false, helicoid raceme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_heliotropium_indicum
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_indicum_turnsole_
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium indicum
FAMILY
Heliotropiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium indicum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliotropium indicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-003:
Heliotropium indicum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tiaridium indicum
3457
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, woodland borders, swamps, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform or funnelform corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p130
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p211
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".