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Accession Data:

Heliotropium arborescens Alba L.

  • sect. Heliothamnus

  • Common Name: cherry pie, common heliotrope
  • Family: Boraginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Peru

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500118
  • Source: Annies Annuals
  • Accession Date: 09-11-2015
  • Bench: 1315 - NEOA: East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-08-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Boraginales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • SubFamily: Heliotropioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 01, 2017.
  2. Heliotropium arborescens at Wikipedia. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  3. Heliotropium arborescens at Floridata. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  4. Heliotropium arborescens at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, September 01, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:37:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Heliotropium arborescens Alba

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Subfamily Heliotropioideae

  • Heliotropium arborescens Alba
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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