PLANTS Profile for Heliotropium indicum (Indian heliotrope)

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Heliotropium indicum L.
Indian heliotrope

Symbol:

HEIN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Heliotropium indicum L.

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Synonyms:
Heliotropium indicum L.

TIIN

Tiaridium indicum (L.) Lehm.

Distribution:
Heliotropium indicum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Heliotropium indicum L.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 28 species in Heliotropium

Classification:
Heliotropium indicum 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 indicum L. – Indian heliotrope

Introduced Information:
Heliotropium indicum L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliotropium indicum L.

Nat. Ind.

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FAC,FACW

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Heliotropium indicum L.

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 31638.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 06:14 AM MDT