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Heliotropium crispum
In habitat on the seashore, Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Heliotropium
Species:	H. crispum
Binomial name
Heliotropium crispum Desf.
Synonyms
Bourjotia kralikii Pomel Heliophytum erosum (Lehm.) DC. Heliotropium bacciferum var. erosum (Lehm.) Hadidy Heliotropium canariense Willd. ex Schult. Heliotropium erosum Lehm. Heliotropium kralikii Pomel Heliotropium maroccanum Lehm. Heliotropium plebeium Banks ex Buch Heliotropium suffruticescens Pomel

Heliotropium crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to western Africa (including the Canary Islands), Egypt, Sudan, south-western Asia, and Pakistan. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines.

Description

Heliotropium crispum is a very variable annual or perennial herbaceous plant. It has greyish leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers.

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Distribution and habitat

Heliotropium crispum is native to western Africa, from the Canary Islands, Mauritania and Senegal to Nigeria, Egypt and Sudan, and to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the Canary Islands, it is found on dry (leeward) southern or western slopes of all the islands.

References

1. ^ "Heliotropium crispum Desf.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-01
2. ^ Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001), Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.), Madrid: Editorial Rueda, p. 278, ISBN 84-7207-129-4 (as Heliotropium bacciferum)
3. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

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