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Blue Heliotrope
Common Name
Blue Heliotrope
Scientific Name
Heliotropium Amplexicaule
Family
Boraginaceae
Lifecycle
Perennial
Seasons of Growth
Spring/Summer/Autumn
Key Distinguishing Feature
Coiled purple coloured flower clusters.
A low growing herbaceous plant with numerous branched stems radiating from a central taproot its alternately arranged leaves are elongated, hairy and have wavy margins.
Its distinctive coiled flower clusters have numerous small tubular flowers. These flowers are blue or purplish colour with yellow throats and are arranged in two rows along one side of the flowering stem.
