Heliotropium amplexicaule (weed)
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Heliotropium amplexicaule (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Forest & Kim Starr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Forest & Kim Starr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Heliotropium amplexicaule (weed) Vahl - (clasping heliotrope)
This plant is native to South America, but has been introduced into other regions as an ornamental. It has established in several areas like Australia or North America. In some of them it has become an environmental weed. It also grows in pastures and is poisonous when eaten by livestock.
Publications covering Heliotropium amplexicaule (weed)
Neotropical Entomology (2003) 32, 437-442
Laurence A. Mound and Miguel C. Zapater (2003)
South American Haplothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), with a new species of biological control interest to Australia against weedy Heliotropium amplexicaule (Boraginaceae)
