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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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] | |
Heliotropium villosum Willd. |
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