PLANTS Profile for Heliotropium curassavicum (salt heliotrope)

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Heliotropium curassavicum L.
salt heliotrope

Symbol:

HECU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		N

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William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Heliotropium curassavicum L.

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Distribution:
Heliotropium curassavicum L.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, LA, MD, ME, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Heliotropium curassavicum L.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 28 species in Heliotropium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. curassavicum. .

Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
salt heliotrope

Distribution of Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.. . Image Available.

Heliotropium curassavicum var. obovatum
seaside heliotrope

Distribution of Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. oculatum (A. Heller) I.M. Johnst.. .

Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum
seaside heliotrope

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Heliotropium curassavicum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Heliotropium L. – heliotrope
Species	Heliotropium curassavicum L. – salt heliotrope

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

OBL

FACW

FACW*

OBL

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Heliotropium curassavicum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31635.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:58 PM CST