Heliotropium lasiocarpum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

Herbs annual, ca. 40 cm tall. Stems erect, sometimes woody at base, low branched, densely spreading or curved, white pubescent or sometimes hirtellous. Petiole 1-3 cm, densely pubescent or hirtellous; leaf blade obovate to elliptic-ovate, 2-6 × 1.5-3.5 cm, white pubescent or hirtellous, base widely cuneate to rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse; lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, usually densely pubescent. Cymes terminal and axillary, scorpioid, 8-15 cm; branches usually paired, rarely ternate, ebracteate. Flowers sessile. Calyx parted nearly to base; lobes lanceolate, 3-3.5 × 0.5-1 mm, densely pubescent. Corolla white, tubular-campanulate, 4-4.5 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside; lobes rounded, 1-1.5 mm wide, with an erect or spreading fold between lobes. Anthers sessile, 1-1.2 mm, inserted ca. 1 mm above base, apex abruptly attenuate. Ovary globose, ca. 1 mm in diam., glabrous. Style extremely short or obscure; stigma ringlike, ca. 5 mm wide, sterile upper portion ca. 1 mm, 2-cleft. Fruit 2-2.5 mm in diam., dividing into 4 1-seeded mericarps; mericarps ovate, densely short strigose, sparsely tuberculate. Fl. and fr. Jun.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Malaria (flower), Malaria (root), Malaria (stem), Emetics (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Heliotropium lasiocarpum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Anguilla, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116975-1
WFO ID wfo-0000718695
COL ID 3KCL8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Heliotropium lasiocarpum Heliotropium eichwaldii var. lasiocarpum Heliotropium ellipticum var. lasiocarpum Heliotropium europaeum var. lasiocarpum