Heliotropium — 12 species
Botanical species in the genus Heliotropium recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Heliotropium aegyptiacum
Heliotropium aegyptiacum
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
In Eritrea this species has been found to be a preferred host of the adults and young of the desert locust.
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Heliotropium arborescens
Heliotropium arborescens
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
Heliotropium arborescens is a plant of seasonally dry areas of the tropics, found from sea level to more than 3,000 metres. It cannot tolerate frost, though it grows quickly enough to be used as an annual in temperate gardens. It requires a minimum winter temperature of 5 - 7°c.
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Heliotropium indicum
Heliotropium indicum
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
Originally from S. America, the plant has spread and become naturalized through much of the tropics and subtropics. Plants can flower all year round.
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Heliotropium ramosissimum
Heliotropium ramosissimum
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
A plant of drier regions, found mainly in the subtropics but also moving into the drier tropical areas. The plant has been introduced in parts of the United States, and is considered a weed there.
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Heliotropium steudneri
Heliotropium steudneri
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
Several butterfly species depend on plants to provide them with lycopsamine as a precursor of the pheromone danaidone. The flowers have a bad smell which is believed to help pollination by flies.
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Heliotropium zeylanicum
Heliotropium zeylanicum
Family: Boraginaceae
Cultivation
The plant can often become a bad weed of farms in its native area.
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