Tropicos | Name - !Heliotropium procumbens Mill.

!Heliotropium procumbens Mill.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 4/2/2013)

Species	Heliotropium procumbens Mill.
PlaceOfPublication	Gard. Dict. ed 8, no. 10, 1768.-Fig. 2.
Synonym	Heliotropium inundatum Sw., Prodr. 40, 1788; non L., Sp. P1. 130, 1753.
Description	Herbs, prostrate, somewhat wiry, the stems 15-20 cm long, pubescent, the hairs white. Leaves alternate, + elliptic to ovate, bluntly acute, entire, the bases obtuse, to 1.5 cm long and 0.8 cm wide, pubescent on both surfaces, the hairs with enlarged bases;- petioles ca 3-5 mm long. Inflorescences spike-like, unilateral, to 7 cm long, the bracts absent. Flowers ? sessile; calyx of 5 sepals, slightly connate basally, the lobes lanceolate, subequal, ca 1 mm long, pubescent; corolla weakly salverform, white, the tube ca 0.8 mm long, sparsely pubescent, the lobes + unequal, erect, and ca 0.2-0.4 mm long; stamens 5, + sessile, the anthers ca 0.2 mm long; ovary 4-lobed, the style absent, the stigma conic. Fruit 4-lobed, separating into 4 nutlets at maturity, the nutlets wedge-shaped, strigose, ca 0.4- 0.5 mm long.
Habit	Herbs
Distribution	Widely distributed in the warmer parts of America.
Specimen	LOS SANTOS: Rio Tonosi, vic of Tonosi, Lewis et al. 1575 (MO).