Heliotropium hirsutissimum
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| Heliotropium hirsutissimum | |
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| Inflorescence | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Heliotropiaceae |
| Genus: | Heliotropium |
| Species: | H. hirsutissimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliotropium hirsutissimum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heliotropium villosum Willd. | |
Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliotropiaceae. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean.[1] (Grauer is listed as the authority by some sources.[2])
It contains a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[3]
