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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Heliotropium angiospermum Murr.
Bright eye bush, Cat tongue, Horse-bush, Rooster comb, Scorpion-tail, Sore-bush

Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Boraginaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, southern United States (peninsular Florida, southern Texas), Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Heliotropium parviflorum.

Other data on Heliotropium angiospermum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Heliotropium angiospermum has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: CJ McCartney, 2021. Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak on scorpionstail.
Heliotropium angiospermum
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist