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2024 has been a banner year for making the best flora we can imagine. We've created:

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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium amplexicaule	Clasping Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope	Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields.	Native of South America.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium angiospermum	Scorpiontail, Sorebush, Scorpionbush	Maritime hammocks, coastal berms, strands, and grasslands, shell middens.	C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. TX south through Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum	Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant, Cola de Mico	Edges of brackish and salt marshes, estuarine shores.	Var. curassavicum ranges from DE (and farther north as an introduction) south to the New World tropics. Considered by some authors to be introduced and naturalized in our area.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium europaeum	European Heliotrope	Roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of s. Europe.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium funkiae	Niguita	Disturbed areas, escaped and locally naturalizing aggressively.	Native of West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium gnaphalodes	Sea Rosemary, Sea Lavender, Bay Lavender	Dunes, coastal strands.	S. peninsular FL; Bermuda; West Indies; s. Mexico and n. Central America (Belize, Honduras).
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium indicum	Turnsole, Alacrancillo, India Heliotrope	Roadsides, woodland borders, swamps, ditches.	Native of South America, now widely naturalized in tropical and subtropical parts of both hemispheres.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium ramosissimum	Wavy Heliotrope	Waif on ballast.	Native of ne. Africa and w. Asia.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium supinum	Dwarf Heliotrope	Waif on ballast.	Native of s. Europe, n. Africa, and w. and c. Asia.
Heliotropiaceae	Heliotropium verdcourtii	Chiggery-grapes	Bayheads, swamps, rockland hammocks.	S. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. TX, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Family

Scientific Name

Common Name

Habitat

Distribution

Image

Heliotropiaceae

Heliotropium amplexicaule

Clasping Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope

Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields.

Native of South America.

Heliotropiaceae

Heliotropium angiospermum

Scorpiontail, Sorebush, Scorpionbush

Maritime hammocks, coastal berms, strands, and grasslands, shell middens.

C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. TX south through Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Heliotropiaceae

Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum

Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant, Cola de Mico

Edges of brackish and salt marshes, estuarine shores.

Var. curassavicum ranges from DE (and farther north as an introduction) south to the New World tropics. Considered by some authors to be introduced and naturalized in our area.