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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Heliotropiaceae
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Read more about Clasping Heliotrope at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliotropium amplexicaule
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-004:
Heliotropium amplexicaule FAMILY Boraginaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cochranea anchusaefolia
COMMON NAME:
Clasping Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope
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JK Marlow jkm080517_135
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Flowers in a branched series of 3-4 helicoid false racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080517_135b
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080517_136
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Flowers in secund [one-sided] helicoid [coiled] cymes, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm080517_136b
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080517_138
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
False racemes elongate at maturity. Stems several, ascending or decumbent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080517_147
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves sessile/sub-sessile, oblong-oblanceolate, sordid, tawny-villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliotropium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Heliotropiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliotropium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliotropium amplexicaule
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-01-004:
Heliotropium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cochranea anchusaefolia
657
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Uncommon (rare in NC Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bluish/ Purplish
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform or funnelform corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p375
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p532
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p203
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p130
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