Heliotropium
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Boraginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Erect or prostrate herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely subopposite or whorled. Flowers in scorpioid (coiled) cymes, spikes or racemes; calyx with 5 deeply parted, lanceolate lobes; corolla trumpet- or funnel-shaped, with spreading lobes; stamens included in corolla tube, not exserted; ovary 4-locular, the style terminal, short or absent, the stigma conical. Fruit dry, splitting into 2-4 nuts.
Distribution and Ecology - A genus with approximately 250 species, with cosmopolitan distribution.