Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Scorpion's-tail (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite deciduous herb.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses invertebrate food medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Aftosa (unspecified), Antiabortifacient (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Dandruff (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Furuncle (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Heliotropium angiospermum habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Heliotropium angiospermum leaf picture by Sarah Smadja (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium angiospermum leaf picture by Gonçalves da Cunha Lucas (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium angiospermum leaf picture by Gonçalves da Cunha Lucas (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Heliotropium angiospermum flower picture by Sarah Smadja (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium angiospermum flower picture by dude sailaway (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium angiospermum flower picture by Johnnie Walters (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Heliotropium angiospermum fruit picture by Sarah Smadja (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Heliotropium angiospermum world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116662-1
WFO ID wfo-0000718386
COL ID 3KC9Q
BDTFX ID 31474
INPN ID 629832
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Heliotropium rugosum Heliophytum portoricensis Heliotropium latifolium Heliotropium oblongifolium Heliotropium synzystachyum Schobera angiosperma Schobera angiosperma Heliotropium patibilcense Tournefortia synzystachya Heliotropium parviflorum Heliotropium foetidum Heliophytum portoricense Heliotropium lancifolium Heliophytum parviflorum Heliotropium patebilcense Heliophytum parviflorum Heliotropium scorpioides Schobera hirsuta Heliophytum parviflorum var. subellipticum Heliotropium angiospermum