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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum   FAMILY Heliotropiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-001:

Heliotropium curassavicum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Heliotropium curassavicum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Heliotropium curassavicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant, Cola De Mico


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image of Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum, Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant, Cola De Mico

Keith Bradley    kab_h_curassavicum_03349

May    Monroe County    FL

Everglades National Park

Flowers in secund, helicoid cymes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum   FAMILY Heliotropiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-001:
Heliotropium curassavicum   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Heliotropium curassavicum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heliotropium curassavicum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3973

Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Edges of brackish and salt marshes, estuarine shores, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, apparently

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White or tinged with blue or purple
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform or funnelform corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

 

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