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''Heliotropium angiospermum'', common name scorpion's tail or scorpion-tail, is a flowering plant in the ''
''Heliotropium angiospermum'', common name scorpion's tail or scorpion-tail, is a flowering plant in the ''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 ...
'' genus and Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single famil ...
(Borage) family. An annual or short-lived perennial it grows in Florida and Texas into Mexico as well as on various islands in arid lowlands. Its nectar is sought-out by butterflies and also provides food for bees and birds. The stems terminate in scorpioid inflorescences.
It is employed for medicinal uses on some Caribbean islands.
It can tolerate rocky or sandy soil and grows up to 3-feet high.
See also
*List of Heliotropium species
The following species in the flowering plant genus ''Heliotropium'', the heliotropes, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. A number of species previously in ''Tournefortia'' were reassigned to ''Heliotropium'' in recent years as molecular m ...
* List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
*''Scorpiurus muricatus
''Scorpiurus muricatus'', the caterpillar-plant or prickly scorpion's-tail, is an annual leguminous plant native to southern Europe and the region of Syria with tiny pea-like flowers and simple leaves uncharacteristic of a legume. Its contorted ...
'', sometimes referred to as prickly scorpion's-tail
*'' Heliotropium andersonii'', similar species with narrower leaves
*''Heliotropium curassavicum
''Heliotropium curassavicum'', commonly called salt heliotrope (among other names), a species of flowering plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae). It is native to much of the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the West Indies and Ha ...
'', "monkey tail"
References
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