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Heliotropium amplexicaule
Also called Summer Heliotrope, Blue Heliotrope, Violet Heliotrope, Wild Heliotrope, Wild Verbena, Blue String Of Stars, Fragrant Heliotrope
Clasping heliotrope is a clumpy perennial subshrub with branching hairy stems to about 0.5 m, bearing purple flowers with yellow throats. It is easy to grow in warm, sunny spots with moderate watering, but it can become a weed in some regions.
Heliotropium amplexicaule is a species of heliotrope known by several common names, including clasping heliotrope, blue heliotrope, and summer heliotrope. It is native to South America, especially Argentina, but it is known on several other continents where it is an introduced species, and in some areas such as eastern Australia, a noxious weed.
It was first described in 1794 by Martin Vahl.
Heliotropium amplexicaule contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids and is poisonous. This plant competes with desirable pastures and causes toxicity to stock.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliotropium amplexicaule 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
