Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the eastern Mediterranean; Greece (including Crete), Turkey (including the European portion), Cyprus, the Levant, Egypt, and Libya.[1] It contains a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[2] Grauer is listed as the authority by some sources.[3]
| Heliotropium hirsutissimum | |
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| Inflorescence | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Heliotropium |
| Species: | H. hirsutissimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliotropium hirsutissimum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heliotropium villosum Willd. | |
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