Heliotrope most often refers to: * ''

Heliotropium ''Heliotropium'' is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae ''s.l.'', but placed in the family Heliotropiaceae within the Boraginales order, by the Boraginales Working Group.. There are around 325 species ...

'', a genus of flowering plants *

Heliotrope (color) Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower. The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882. Variations Heliotrope gray The color heliotrope gray is displ ...

, a pink-purple color – the color of the flowers of the aforementioned plants Heliotrope may also refer to:

Natural science

Heliotrope (mineral) Heliotropes () (also called ematille, Indian bloodstones, or simply bloodstones) are aggregate minerals, and a cryptocrystalline mixture of quartz that occurs mostly as jasper ( opaque) or sometimes as chalcedony (translucent). The "classic" ...

, a variety of jasper or chalcedony *

Heliotropism Heliotropism, a form of tropism, is the diurnal or seasonal motion of plant parts (flowers or leaves) in response to the direction of the Sun. The habit of some plants to move in the direction of the Sun, a form of tropism, was already known by th ...

, plants' diurnal motion in response to the sun's movement

Art, media and entertainment

* ''Heliotrope'', a story collection by

Justina Robson Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England. Biography and publishing history Justina Robson was born in Leeds on 11 June 1968, and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University o ...

Heliotropes (band) Heliotropes were a psychedelic/alternative rock band from Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Nya Abudu (bass), Cici Harrison (drums), Amber Myers (tambourine, vocals) and Jessica Numsuwankijkul (vocals, guitar). They formed in 2009 when Numsuwank ...

, a Brooklyn-based band * "Heliotrope" (song), by At the Drive-In * "Heliotrope", a song by Robyn Hitchcock on the album ''

Moss Elixir ''Moss Elixir'' is an album by English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1996. It contains twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic. ''Moss Elixir'' came packaged in green and gold, continuing the theme of his earlier s ...

'' *

Heliotrope Studios ''Pax Imperia'' is a 4X game for the Apple Macintosh, released in 1992. The game won praise for its complex gameplay, real-time mode and ability for up to 16 players to join a single game using AppleTalk. '' Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain'' was re ...

, a video game developer * ''Heliotrope'' (film), a lost 1920 American silent drama film * Miss Heliotrope, the governess in Elizabeth Goudge's children's book, ''

The Little White Horse ''The Little White Horse'' is a low fantasy children's novel by Elizabeth Goudge, first published by the University of London Press in 1946 with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, and Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1992. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Coward–Mc ...

Other uses

* Heliotrope, a distinctive rash associated with

dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis (DM) is a Chronic condition, long-term inflammatory disorder, inflammatory Autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder which affects the skin and the muscles. Its symptoms are generally a skin rash and worsening muscle weakness over ...

, including juvenile dermatomyositis *

Heliotrope (instrument) The heliotrope is an instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight over great distances to mark the positions of participants in a land Surveying, survey. The heliotrope was invented in 1821 by the Germany, German mathematician Carl Fried ...

, in surveying, a long distance survey target based on mirror-reflected sunlight *

Heliotrope (building) The Heliotrope is an environmentally friendly housing project by German architect Rolf Disch. There are three such buildings in Germany. The first experimental version was built in 1994 as the architect's home in Freiburg im Breisgau, while the o ...

, a rotating home built by Rolf Disch * HMS ''Heliotrope'' {{Disambiguation