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Taxon:  Heliotropium europaeum L.



Summary
Genus:
Heliotropium
Family:
Heliotropiaceae
Nomen number:
18823
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:130. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  3. Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 117.
  4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
  5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  6. Craven, L. A. 1996. A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 9:550-552.
  7. Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
  8. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  9. Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics Note: poisonous
  10. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  11. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  12. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  13. Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
  14. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  15. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  16. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  17. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  18. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
  19. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  20. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  21. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  22. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  23. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  24. Lems, K. 1960. Floristic botany of the Canary islands.
  25. Pammel, L. H. 1911. Manual of poisonous plants. Note: poisonous
  26. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
  27. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  28. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  29. Willis, J. H. 1970-1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  30. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  31. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
English
barooga-weed –
caterpillar-weed –
common heliotrope –
European heliotrope –
European turnsole –
heliotrope –
hemp-agrimony –
Wandarrie-curse –
wild heliotrope –
French
héliotrope d'Europe –
German
europäische Sonnenwende –
Sonnenwende –
Portuguese (Brazil)
heliotrópio-europeu –
Spanish
verrucaria –
Swedish
ogräsheliotrop –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Shengw.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
6Other    native status in Australia uncertain
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Jordan, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Moldova, Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng (w.), Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Other (native status in Australia uncertain)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Pammel, L. H. 1911. Manual of poisonous plants. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics Note: poisonous
Weedpotential seed contaminant Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18823. Accessed 30 April 2025.