Heliotropium bacciferum Forssk.

Turnsole (en), Héliotrope à fausses baies (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

Sub-erect or prostrate from a perennial stock, covered with white bulbous-based bristles
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Small white flowers, nutlets 4, equal, free, finally glabrous
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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

Common in dry regions.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Gonorrhea (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Dyslactea (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Skin diseases (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

Leaf

Heliotropium bacciferum leaf picture by M. Hedayat (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium bacciferum leaf picture by S K (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium bacciferum leaf picture by M. Hedayat (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Heliotropium bacciferum flower picture by M. Hedayat (cc-by-sa)
Heliotropium bacciferum flower picture by M. Hedayat (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Heliotropium bacciferum fruit picture by M. Hedayat (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Heliotropium bacciferum world distribution map, present in Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116685-1
WFO ID wfo-0000718409
COL ID 6LL6M
BDTFX ID 31459
INPN ID 101136
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Synonyms

Heliotropium undulatum Lithospermum lignosum Dialion undulatum Heliotropium undulatum var. tuberculosum Heliotropium bacciferum subsp. lignosum Heliotropium undulatum var. suberosa Heliotropium bacciferum var. fartakense Heliotropium bacciferum

Lower taxons

Heliotropium bacciferum var. suberosum