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Heliotropium angiospermum Murr.
Scorpionstail

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Boraginaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern United States (Florida, Texas), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: H. parviflorum.

Other data on Heliotropium angiospermum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Heliotropium angiospermum has been found in the following 90 conservation areas :
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Beachwalk Pasley Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Reported
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association tract A
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Heliotropium angiospermum has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native