Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Heliotropiaceae | Heliotropium amplexicaule | Clasping Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope | Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields. | Native of South America. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Heliotropiaceae | Heliotropium europaeum | European Heliotrope | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Heliotropiaceae | Heliotropium ramosissimum | Wavy Heliotrope | Waif on ballast. | Native of ne. Africa and w. Asia. |
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Heliotropiaceae | Heliotropium supinum | Dwarf Heliotrope | Waif on ballast. | Native of s. Europe, n. Africa, and w. and c. Asia. |
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Heliotropiaceae | Heliotropium verdcourtii | Chiggery-grapes | Bayheads, swamps, rockland hammocks. | S. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. TX, Mexico, Central America, and South America. | |