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Heliotropium
Also called Heliotropes, String Of Stars
Heliotropium is a genus of about 325 species of herbs and subshrubs, best known in gardens through garden heliotrope (H. arborescens), prized for its fragrant clusters of purple-blue flowers. It is grown mainly outdoors in warm, sunny spots with moderate water.
Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants with around 325 species commonly known as heliotropes. They are highly toxic to dogs and cats, as well as to humans.
The plants are highly toxic to dogs and cats, as well as to humans.
Some species are weeds, and many are hepatotoxic if eaten due to abundant pyrrolizidine alkaloids. There have been cases of canine death due to over-ingestion of this toxic plant. Though it is not palatable and most animals will completely ignore it, there have been cases of horses, swine and cattle being poisoned due to contamination of hay.
Some danaine butterflies, such as male queen butterflies, visit these plants, being attracted to their pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Heliotropes are popular garden plants, most notably H. arborescens (garden heliotrope). Garden heliotrope is grown in Southern Europe as an ingredient for perfume. Heliotrope is the main ingredient in perfumes such as Byredo Heliotropia, Molinard Heliotrope, Etro Heliotrope, Fragonard Héliotrope Gingembre and others.
Clasping heliotrope · Garden heliotrope · Heliotropium arboreum · Salt heliotrope · Heliotropium ellipticum · European heliotrope
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliotropium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
