Heliotropium arborescens
Species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heliotropium arborescens, the garden heliotrope or just heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae, native to Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.[2] Growing to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall and broad, it is a bushy, evergreen, short-lived shrub with dense clusters of bright purple flowers, notable for their intense, rather vanilla-like fragrance.[3] Common names also include cherry pie and common heliotrope.[4] Note that the common name "garden heliotrope" may also refer to valerian,[5] which is not closely related.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Heliotropium |
Species: | H. arborescens |
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Heliotropium arborescens | |
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