HEOAM
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
perennial
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Cochranea anchusaefolia (Poir.) Gürke |
synonym | Cochranea anchusifolia (Poir.) Gürke |
synonym | Cochranea anchusifolia var. latifolia Hicken |
synonym | Heliophytum anchusaefolium (Poir.) A.DC. |
synonym | Heliophytum anchusifolium (Poir.) DC. |
synonym | Heliophytum lithospermifolium DC. |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium f. grandiflorum Kuntze |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium f. medium Kuntze |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium f. parviflorum Kuntze |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir. |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium var. angustifolium Griseb. |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium var. angustifolium Kuntze |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium var. latifolium Kuntze |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium var. lithospermifolium (DC.) Griseb. |
synonym | Heliotropium anchusifolium var. lithospermifolium DC. |
synonym | Heliotropium bolivianum Rusby |
synonym | Heliotropium lithospermifolium (DC.) Speg. |
synonym | Heliotropium montevidense Arechav. |
synonym | Heliotropium semiamplexicaule Larrañaga |
Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Global description
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Heliotropium amplexicaule is a perennial plant. It is propagated by seed but also by bursting of strain during tillage work.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Heliotropium comparison
H. indicum | H. amplexicaule | |
Leaves (form) | Oval truncate base | elliptical, obtuse at the top, long attenuated corner base |
Leaves (medium size) | 10 cm long and 8 cm wide | 8 cm long and 4 cm wide |
Inflorescence (number) | in terminal cyme scorpioïde, usually a single branch | terminal formed of 3 to 4 cyme scorpioid |
Inflorescence (size) | up to 30 cm | 10 to 15 cm |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Heliotropium amplexicaule is native to South America.
Worldwide distribution
This species occurs in south USA, Italy, Africa (Algeria, Egypt, South Africa), the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Rodrigues, Reunion), India and Australia in Queensland.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Comoros: Heliotropium amplexicaule is absent.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Local Control
Mauritius: See MSIRI Recommendation Sheet No 65 - Chemical Control of Paederia foetida and Heliotropium amplexicaule (click here)
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Heliotropium%2520amplexicaule
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Boraginales |
Family | Boraginaceae |
Genus | Heliotropium |
Species | Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl |