Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Scorpiontail, scorpion’s tail

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	You are here Heliotropium angiospermum	Heliotropium curassavicum
Common Name	scorpiontail	seaside heliotrope
Plant	Usually this shrub is prostrate, forming mats, but it can be more erect, up to 1½′ (50 cm) in height. Stems and leaves are fleshy, retaining water.	Usually this shrub is prostrate, forming mats, but it can be more erect, up to 1½′ (50 cm) in height. Stems and leaves are fleshy, retaining water.
Leaves	Alternate, elliptical, ovate, or lanceolate, grayish to blue-green. They have deeply veined surfaces, and hairy undersides. Leaves are ½–4 ⨉ ⅜–¾″ (1.5–10 ⨉ 1–2 cm) in size.	Alternate, simple, ellliptic or oblanceolate, somewhat fleshy, with smooth surfaces.
Flowers	Curled, coiling single or double rows of small bell-shaped white flowers. Each flower is white, five-lobed, often with a yellow-green throat, and five stamens. Flowers appear all year.	Curled, coiling double rows of small bell-shaped white flowers are up to 4–6″ (10–15 cm) long. Each flower is white, with a yellow throat that turns purple with age. It has five lobes and five stamens.
Fruit	Two nutlets, each ~1/16″ (2–2.8 mm) across. Each nutlet contains one or two seeds.	Four nutlets, each ~1/16″ (2–2.5 mm) across, containing a single seed.
Range/ Zones
Habitats	Saline soils: beach sand, alkali flats, and salt marshes.	Coastal, saline soils: beach sand, alkali flats, and salt marshes.

Heliotropium angiospermum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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