PLANTS Profile for Heliotropium curassavicum var. obovatum (seaside heliotrope)

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Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.
seaside heliotrope

Symbol:

HECUO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.

Heliotropium spathulatum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 74. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.

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Synonyms:
Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.

HESP2

Heliotropium spathulatum Rydb.

Distribution:
Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.


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USA (CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 28 species in Heliotropium, 3 varieties in Heliotropium curassavicum L.

Classification:
Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC.

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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
Variety	Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC. – seaside 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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. var. obovatum DC.

Heliotropium curassavicum:

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. var. obovatum DC.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528373.

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