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Heliotropium crispum is a small, very variable subshrub or herb from dry western Africa, the Canary Islands, Egypt and south-western Asia, grown for its grey foliage and small white flowers. It needs full sun, very well-drained soil and little water.
Heliotropium crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliotropiaceae. It is native to western Africa (including the Canary Islands), Egypt, Sudan, south-western Asia, and Pakistan. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines.
Heliotropium crispum is native to western Africa, from the Canary Islands, Mauritania and Senegal to Nigeria, Egypt and Sudan, and to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the Canary Islands, it is found on dry (leeward) southern or western slopes of all the islands.
Heliotropium aegyptiacum · Heliotropium aff. wagneri · Clasping heliotrope · Scorpion's-tail · Polynesian heliotrope · Garden heliotrope · Heliotropium arboreum · Heliotropium argenteum · Heliotropium balfourii · Salt heliotrope · Heliotropium dentatum · Heliotropium derafontense
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliotropium crispum 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.
