Taxonomy: Fam. Boraginaceae// Genus: Heliotropium// Species: Heliotropium europaeum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Matevski, 2010) and Flora Europaea (Brummitt in Tutin et al., 1972).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia; from Central Europe to the Mediterranean and Central Asia; Arabian Peninsula; India according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, cultivated land, roadsides, in and near settlements and other ruderal places.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – upper part of plant with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – inflorescence with flowers and fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium europaeum – ovary and linear-subulate stigma. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Heliotropium. Brummitt, R. K. in 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: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 84-86.
