Heliotropium amplexicaule, Vahl

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 86

11. H. amplexicaule Vahl , Symb. Bot. 3: 21 (1794)

( Cochranea anchusifolia (Poiret) Gürke ).

Perennial; stems up to 60 cm, woody at the base, glandular-hairy above. Leaves c. 5x1-5 cm, elliptic- to linear-oblong, sessile and cuneate to slightly amplexicaul at the base, acute, the margins undulate. Sepals 2-4 mm, linear-lanceolate, glandular-hairy. Corolla 5-7 mm; limb 4-8 mm in diameter, purple. Stigma shortly conical or hemispherical, entire or shallowly 2- to 4-lobed, about as long as wide, usually pubescent or papillose. Fruit splitting into 2 nutlets. Widely cultivated fo r ornament; naturalized in C. Italy and perhaps elsewhere. [It.] (South America.)

H. arborescens L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10,2:913 (1759), which differs from 11 in having leaves more than 1-2 cm wide and 4 nutlets, is widely cultivated for its fragrant flowers and occasionally naturalized for short periods in S. Europe.