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Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliotropiaceae. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean. (Grauer is listed as the authority by some sources.)
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hairy heliotrope being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Heliotropium suaveolens
- Heliotropium dolosum
- Heliotropium europaeum
- Heliotropium ellipticum
- Heliotropium supinum
- Heliotropium rotundifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Heliotropium
- Species
- Heliotropium hirsutissimum
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