Heliotropium tubulosum E.Mey. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

Whole plant densely hirsute, 5 in. or more high; stem terete, up to 3 lin. diam.; leaves lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, up to 11/4 in. by 5 lin.; petiole up to 6 lin. long; inflorescence a terminal cymose panicle; peduncles up to 1 in. long; cymes densely many-flowered, up to 3 in. long; calyx 3 lin. long, divided nearly halfway down into 5 linear obtuse lobes; corolla infundibuliform; tube slightly longer than the calyx; lobes broad, undulate; stamens inserted about halfway up the corolla-tube; anthers oblong, 1 lin. long, obtuse at both ends; ovary minute; style 1 1/4 lin. long, tapering towards both ends from a swollen disc about its middle, with numerous slightly reflexed hairs in its lower half; nutlets plano-convex, pubescent on the back.
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Coppicing, perennial herb, up to 350 mm tall, woody basally. Leaves elongate-ovate to narrowly ovate, densely hairy. Flowers in a helicoid cyme, cream-coloured to white, calyx densely hairy, almost as long as corolla tube.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Heliotropium tubulosum unspecified picture

Distribution

Heliotropium tubulosum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117302-1
WFO ID wfo-0001215466
COL ID 3KCWJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Heliotropium burmanni Heliotropium tomentosum Heliotropium tubulosum