Heliotropium hirsutissimum

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Heliotropium hirsutissimum
Heliotropium hirsutissinum (Athènes 13).JPG
Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. hirsutissimum
Binomial name
Heliotropium hirsutissimum
Synonyms[1]

Heliotropium villosum Willd.

Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the eastern Mediterranean; Greece (including Crete), Turkey (including the European portion), Cyprus, the Levant, Egypt, and Libya.[1] It contains a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[2] is listed as the authority by some sources.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Heliotropium hirsutissimum Weber". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ Constantinidis, Theophanis; Harvala, Catherine; Skaltsounis, Alexios L. (1993). "Pyrrolizidine N-oxide alkaloids of Heliotropium hirsutissimum". Phytochemistry. 32 (5): 1335–1337. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95116-1.
  3. ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Heliotropium hirsutissimum Grauer". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 15 January 2022.


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