Flora of New York/Boraginales
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Table of contents |
Genus index |
Protected species index | Invasive species index | ||
Family BoraginaceaeEdit
The Boraginaceae (forget-me-not family)...
Subfamily BoraginoideaeEdit
Tribe EritrichieaeEdit
HackeliaEdit
Hackelia Opiz | Stickseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) I.M.Johnst. 1753. Myosotis virginiana L. 1818. Echinospermum virginicum (L.) Lehm. 1819. Rochelia virginiana (L.) Roem.& Schult. 1888. Echinospermum Virginianum (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. 1891. Lappula Virginiana (L.) Greene 1891. Cynoglossospermum virginicm (L.) Kuntze 1923. Hackelia virginiana (L.) I.M.Johnst. |
Virginia stickseed, Beggars lice, Stickseed Hackélia de Virginie, Hackélie de Virginie, Bardanette de Virginie |
Native, CoC: 4, Secure FACU Biennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-5 USDA-NN Go Botany VASCAN Tropicos LBJ Images Wikispecies | ||
(Wahlenb.) Opiz ssp. americana (A. Gray) Á.Löve & D.Löve 1882. Echinospermum deflexum var. americanum 1891. Lappula deflexa var. americana 1897. Lappula americana Rydb. 1924. H. deflexa var. americana 1938. H. americana Fernald 1975. Lappula deflexa ssp. americana 1982. H. deflexa ssp. americana |
Nodding stickseed, American stickseed |
Native, CoC: 10, Endangered Biennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-1 USDA-NN Go Botany Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
MertensiaEdit
Mertensia | Bluebells | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Pers. ex Link 1753. Pulmonaria virginica L. 1797. Mertensia pulmonarioides Roth 1829. Mertensia virginica Pers. ex Link |
Eastern bluebells, Virginia bluebells, Roanoke-bells, Virginia cowslip Mertensia de Virginie |
Native, CoC: 7, Likely secure FAC-FACW |
NYFA-4 USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN ITIS Tropicos LBJ Images Wikispecies | ||
Mertensia (excluded taxa) | Bluebells | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Ait.) G. Don. Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) G. Don. |
Tall bluebells | N. America native, N.Y. excluded |
NYFA-Excluded USDA-NN NatureServe BONAP Images Wikispecies | ||
(L.) Gray Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray
Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill
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Oysterleaf
Oysterplant
Seaside bluebells
Sea bluebells |
N. America native, N.Y. excluded |
NYFA-Excluded USDA-NN Go Botany Images Wikispecies | ||
AmsinckiaEdit
Amsinckia | Fiddleneck | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Fisch. & C.A.Mey. A. menziesii var. intermedia |
Coast fiddleneck, Common fiddleneck, Intermediate fiddleneck, Rancher's fiddleneck, Coast buckthorn |
Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
NYFA-X USDA-NN Images Wikispecies | ||
Lehm. |
Bugloss fiddle-neck, Tarweed fiddleneck |
Introduced, N. America native, Impersistent |
NYFA-X USDA-NN Images Wikispecies | ||
(Lehm.) A. Nelson & J.F.Macbr. yyyy. Amsinckia menziesii (Lehm.) A. Nelson & J.F.Macbr. |
Small-flowered fiddleneck
Menzies' fiddleneck
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Introduced, N. America native, Not naturalized |
NYFA-X USDA-NN Images Wikispecies | ||
LappulaEdit
Lappula | Stickseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Retz.) Dumort. 1753. Myosotis lappula L.
1781. Myosotis squarrosa Retz.
1827. L. squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort. |
European stickseed
Bluebur
Bur-forget-me-not
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Introduced from Europe, temperate Asia, Naturalized Biennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany ARS-GRIN Images Wikispecies | ||
(S.Watson) Greene 1891. Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene misapplied
1895. L. redowskii var. occidentalis (S.Watson) Rydb.
1899. L. occidentalis (S.Watson) Greene |
Western stickseed
Flatspine stickseed
Flat-spined stickseed
Flat-spined sheepburr
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Introduced, N. America native, Not naturalized |
NYFA-X USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
Lappula (excluded taxa) | Stickseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Hornem.) Greene 1813. Myosotis redowskii Hornem.
1891. Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene |
Redowski's stickseed |
N. America native, N.Y. excluded |
NYFA-Excluded Images Wikispecies | ||
AsperugoEdit
Asperugo is a monotypic genus, containing only Asperugo procumbens, commonly known as madwort.
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Asperugo L. | Madwort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. |
Madwort
German madwort
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Introduced, Not naturalized |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Images Wikispecies | ||
Tribe BoragineaeEdit
AnchusaEdit
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Anchusa | Bugloss | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) M. Bieb. 1753. Lycopsis arvensis L.
1808. Anchusa arvensis (L.) M.Bieb.
1911. Lycopsis arvensis ssp. occidentalis Kusn.
1927. Anchusa rigolei Sennen
1928. Anchusa guculeacii Sennen
1940. Anchusa arvensis ssp. occidentalis (Kusn.) Nordh. |
Small alkanet
Small bugloss
Annual bugloss
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Introduced from Europe, Potentially invasive, GRIIS-US: Invasive, Unknown naturalization Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA: 6 counties iNat: no observations |
NYFA-X USDA-XX GBIF Kew POWO iNaturalist Images Wikispecies | |
Mill. Anchusa italica |
Garden alkanet
Italian bugloss
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Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-XX Images Wikispecies | ||
L. |
Common alkanet
Common bugloss
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Introduced, Highly invasive, Unknown naturalization |
NYFA: 3 counties iNat: 0 counties |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Images Wikispecies | |
BoragoEdit
Borago | Borage | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Borago officinalis L. |
Borage
Common borage
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Introduced from Europe, western Asia, northern Africa, Unknown naturalization Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XW Go Botany ARS-GRIN Images Wikispecies | ||
BrunneraEdit
Brunnera | Brunnera | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | 1 NPT |
(Adams) I.Johnst. |
Large-leaved brunnera, Siberian bugloss |
Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-X0 Images Wikispecies | ||
PulmonariaEdit
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Pulmonaria | Lungwort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | 1 NPT |
Mill. |
Bethlehem lungwort | Introduced, Unknown naturalization, Invasive.org: [1], GRIIS-US: Present |
NYFA-X USDA-XX GBIF Images Wikispecies | ||
SymphytumEdit
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Symphytum | Comfrey | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. S. uliginosum auct. non Kern. |
Common comfrey | Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany Images Wikispecies | ||
Lepechin |
Prickly comfrey | Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany Images Wikispecies | ||
Tribe LithospermeaeEdit
LithospermumEdit
Lithospermum species are generally known as gromwells, stoneseeds, or puccoons.
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Lithospermum | Stoneseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Michx. |
American gromwell, American stoneseed |
Native, CoC: 8, Vulnerable, S2, G4 |
NYFA-3 USDA-NN iNaturalist ITIS Images Wikispecies | ||
Weakley, Witsell & D.Estes 1905. Onosmodium hispidissimum Mack.
1959. O. molle var. hispidissimum (Mack.) Cronquist
1972. O. molle ssp. hispidissimum (Mack.) B.Boivin
1976. O. molle ssp. hispidissimum (Mack.) Cochrane (isonym)
1995. O. bejariense var. hispidissimum (Mack.) B.L. Turner
2009. Lithospermum onosmodium J.I. Cohen
2011. Lithospermum parviflorum Weakley, Witsell & D.Estes |
Shaggy marbleseed
Soft-hairy false gromwell
Hairy false gromwell
Shaggy false gromwell
Soft-hair marbleseed |
Native, CoC: 10, Historical, SH, G4-G5-T4 Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-3-4 USDA-NN VASCAN ARS-GRIN ITIS Tropicos Images Wikispecies Note: [1] | ||
L. 1753. Lithospermum virginianum L. 1846. Onosmodium virginianum A.DC. 1905. O. virginianum var. hirsutum Mack. |
Virginia marbleseed
Virginia false gromwell
Wild Job's tears
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Native, CoC: 10, Endangered, S1, G4, NYNHP: 1[2] Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-1 USDA-N ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies Note: [1] | ||
Fernald 1791. Batschia caroliniensis J.F. Gmel.
1892. Lithospermum caroliniense (J.F. Gmel.) MacMill. misapplied
1935. Lithospermum croceum Fernald
1991. L. caroliniense var. croceum (Fernald) Cronquist
L. caroliniense ssp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick |
Fernald’s puccoon
Carolina puccoon
Plains puccoon |
Native, CoC: 10, Endangered, No recent reports, SH, G4-G5-T5 Perennial, Herb-forb |
Monroe, Niagara | NYFA-Z USDA-NN ITIS Tropicos Images Wikispecies | |
L. |
European gromwell, European stoneseed |
Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-XX Images Wikispecies | ||
Lithospermum (excluded taxa) | Stoneseed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Michx.) Lehm. Batschia canescens Michx.
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. |
Hoary puccoon | North America native, N.Y. excluded |
excluded | NYFA-Excluded USDA-NN ITIS Images Wikispecies | |
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MyosotisEdit
Of the seven forget-me-not (Myosotis L.) species reported in New York State, two of them (M. laxa and M. verna) are native.
The genus name is from the Greek muosōtis meaning "mouse ear", based on the shape of the leaves. Forget-me-not flowers have 5 petals and 5 sepals, and are generally little more than 1/4-inch in diameter. |
Myosotis L. | Forget-me-not | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Lehm. 1818. Myosotis laxa Lehm. |
Smaller forget-me-not
Bay forget-me-not
Small forget-me-not
Small-flowered forget-me-not
Tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxiflore
Myosotis à petite fleur
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Native, CoC: 3, Secure OBL Biennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-5 USDA-NN Go Botany VASCAN ARS-GRIN ITIS LBJ Images Wikispecies | ||
Nutt. 1818. Myosotis verna Nutt.
1888. Myosotis virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
Spring forget-me-not
Spring scorpion grass |
Native, CoC: 5, Secure FAC-FACU Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA-5 USDA-NN Go Botany VASCAN Tropicos LBJ Images Wikispecies | ||
L. 1753. Myosotis scorpioides L.
1753. Myosotis scorpioides var. palustris L.
1756. Myosotis palustris (L.) Nathh. |
Water forget-me-not
True forget-me-not
Forget-me-not |
Introduced from Europe, temperate Asia, Invasive, iMapInvasives, Invasive.org: [2], USGS: L48 invasive, Naturalized OBL Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany VASCAN ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
(L.) Hill 1753. Myosotis scorpioides var. arvensis L.
1764. Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill |
Field forget-me-not, Rough forget-me-not |
Introduced from Europe, temperate Asia, northern Africa, Potentially invasive, USGS: L48 invasive, Naturalized FACU-UPL Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany VASCAN ARS-GRIN Images Wikispecies | ||
Ehrh. ex Hoffm. 1788. Myosotis scorpioides var. sylvatica Ehrh. nom. nud.
1791. Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
1794. Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt
1825. Myosotis oblongata Link |
Woodland forget-me-not
Wood forget-me-not
Garden forget-me-not |
Introduced from Europe, temperate Asia, tropical Asia, Potentially invasive, Invasive.org: [3], USGS: L48 invasive, Naturalized UPL Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany VASCAN ARS-GRIN Tropicos IPN Images Wikispecies | ||
Link ex Roem. & Schult. 1819. Myosotis stricta Link ex Roem. & Schult.
auct. Myosotis micrantha non Pall. ex Lehm. |
Blue forget-me-not
Small-flowered forget-me-not
Strict forget-me-not
Upright forget-me-not |
Introduced from Europe, northwest Africa, Naturalized, USGS: L48 established, SNA, GNR Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany VASCAN ARS-GRIN Images Wikispecies | ||
Pers. 1791. Myosotis collina Hoffm.
1798. Myosotis discolor Pers.
1805. Myosotis arvensis var. versicolor Pers.
1813. Myosotis versicolor (Pers.) Sm.
1857. Myosotis fallacina Jord. ex Boreau
1917. Myosotis lutea var. versicolor (Pers.) J.F.Macbr. |
Yellow and blue forget-me-not
Changing forget-me-not |
Introduced from Europe, Azores to Medit., Potentially invasive, USGS: L48 invasive, Naturalized, SNA UPL Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA: 4 counties iNat: 3 counties |
NYFA-X USDA-XX GBIF Kew POWO Go Botany VASCAN Images Wikispecies | |
BuglossoidesEdit
Buglossoides is a Eurasian genus with only the single species corn gromwell (Buglossoides arvensis) known to have naturalized in North America, including New York. It is listed as a noxious weed in Washington State.[1] Other Buglossoides species, including B. purpurocaerulea, B. tenuiflora, and B. zollingeri, have likely been cultivated in North America, but have not been widely reported to have naturalized.[2] |
Buglossoides Moench (1782) | Buglossoides | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) I.M.Johnst. 1753. Lithospermum arvense L.
1829. Rhytispermum arvense (L.) Link
1840. Margarospermum arvense (L.) Decne.
1952. Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst. |
Corn gromwell
Corn-gromwell |
Introduced from Europe, Asia, northern Africa, Potentially invasive, Invasive.org: [4], USGS: L48 invasive, Naturalized, SNA, GNR, NSE: Exotic, GNR, Herb-forb |
NYFA: 34 counties iNat: 3 counties |
NYFA-X USDA-XX GBIF Kew POWO Go Botany ARS-GRIN ITIS BONAP Images Wikispecies | |
Tribe CynoglosseaeEdit
AndersonglossumEdit
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Cynoglossum | Hound's-tongue | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Fernald) Jim. Mejías, J.I.Cohen & Naczi 1905. Cynoglossum boreale Fernald 1984. C. virginianum var. boreale 2010. C. virginianum ssp. boreale 2017. Andersonglossum boreale (Fernald) Jim. Mejías, J.I.Cohen & Naczi |
Northern wild comfrey, Wild hound's-tongue, Wild comfrey |
Native, CoC: 8, Endangered Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-1-2 USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN ITIS Tropicos Images Wikispecies Note: CA[1] | ||
L. 1753. Cynoglossum virginianum L. 1984. C. virginianum var. virginianum 2010. C. virginianum ssp. virginianum 2015. Andersonglossum virginianum (L.) J.I.Cohen |
Southern wild comfrey, Southern hound's-tongue, Wild comfrey, Giant-forget-me-not |
Native, CoC: 10?, Endangered Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-Z USDA-N0 Go Botany ARS-GRIN ITIS Images Wikispecies | ||
CynoglossumEdit
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Cynoglossum | Hound's-tongue | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
1753. Cynoglossum officinale L. |
Houndstongue, Common hound’s tongue |
Introduced, Potentially invasive Biennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany Images Wikispecies | ||
1906. Cynoglossum amabile Stapf & J.R. Drumm. |
Chinese hound's tongue, Chinese-forget-me-not |
Introduced | NYFA-X USDA-XX Go Botany Images Wikispecies | ||
Tribe EchieaeEdit
EchiumEdit
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Echium | Viper's bugloss | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Echium vulgare L.
1800. Echium lusitanicum Georgi
1831. Echium molle Petter ex Rchb.
1962. Echium spinescens G.Klotz |
Viper's bugloss
Common viper's-bugloss
Blueweed
Blue-weed
Blue devil
blue echium
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Introduced from Eurasia, Potentially invasive, Invasive.org: [5], GRIIS-US: Invasive, Naturalized |
NYFA-X USDA-XW GBIF Go Botany iNaturalist Images Wikispecies | ||
Echium (excluded taxa) | Viper's bugloss | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | X NPT |
L. ssp. pustulatum (Sm.) E.Schmid & Gams 1806. Echium pustulatum Sm.
1887. Echium argentae Pau
1927. Echium vulgare ssp. pustulatum (Sm.) E.Schmid & Gams
1950. Echium vulgare ssp. argentae (Pau) Font Quer
1983. Echium vulgare var. argentae (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo |
Bluedevil, Blue-weed, Viper's-bugloss |
Introduced, N.Y. excluded |
NYFA-X USDA-X0 Images Wikispecies | ||
L. 1754. Echium lycopsis L. p.p.
1768. Echium lusitanicum Mill.
1771. Echium plantagineum L.
1791. Echium creticum Lam.
1976. Echium creticum ssp. plantagineum (L.) Malag. |
Salvation jane
Paterson's curse
Lady Campbell-weed
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Introduced, N.Y. excluded |
USDA-X GBIF iNaturalist Images Wikispecies | ||
L. 1753. Echium creticum L. |
Cretan viper's bugloss
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Introduced, N.Y. excluded, Not listed in NY Flora Atlas |
NYFA: Not listed iNat: No NY observations |
GBIF Go Botany iNaturalist Images Wikispecies | |
Subfamily HydrophylloideaeEdit
HydrophyllumEdit
Hydrophyllum contains eight species of waterleaf, all native to North America, including two that are native to New York.
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Hydrophyllum | Waterleaf | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. ssp. virginianum 1753. Hydrophyllum virginianum L. 1942. H. virginianum var. atranthum |
Virginia waterleaf, John's cabbage, Eastern water-leaf, Shawnee-salad, Indian-salad |
Native, CoC: 6, Secure FACW-FAC Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-5 USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
L. 1759. Hydrophyllum canadense L. |
Bluntleaf waterleaf, Blunt-leaved waterleaf, Broad-leaf waterleaf, Canada waterleaf, Hairy waterleaf, Maple-leaved waterleaf Hydrophylle du Canada |
Native, CoC: 8, Secure FACW-FACU Perennial, Herb-forb |
NYFA-5 USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
Hydrophyllum (excluded taxa) | ' | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | X NPT |
Great waterleaf
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N. America native midwest & south, N.Y. excluded |
NYFA-Excluded Images Wikispecies | |||
EllisiaEdit
Ellisia | Ellisia | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) L. 1753. Ipomoea nyctelea L. 1762. Polemonium nyctelea L. 1763. Ellisia nyctelea L. 1913. Nyctelea nyctelea Britton |
Waterpod, Aunt Lucy, False babyblueeyes, Nyctelea |
Native, CoC: 10, Likely extirpated FAC-UPL Annual, Herb-forb |
NYFA-Z USDA-NN Go Botany ARS-GRIN Tropicos BONAP Images Wikispecies | ||
PhaceliaEdit
Phacelia | Scorpion-weed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Trel. & Small var. dubia 1753. Polemonium dubium L. 1888. Phacelia dubia Trel. & Small |
Small-flowered scorpionweed, Smallflower phacelia |
Native, Likely extirpated |
NYFA-Z USDA-N0 Go Botany-0 ITIS Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
A.Gray 1878. Phacelia campanularia A.Gray 1925. Phacelia minor var. campanularia Jeps. |
Desert scorpion-weed, Desert bluebells, California bluebell |
Introduced, from Arizona, from California |
NYFA-X USDA-NX ARS-GRIN Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
Benth. 1835. Phacelia ciliata Benth. |
Great valley scorpion-weed, Great valley phacelia |
Introduced, from California |
NYFA-X USDA-N0 Tropicos Images Wikispecies | ||
Subfamily HeliotropioideaeEdit
HeliotropiumEdit
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Heliotropium | Heliotrope | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. |
European heliotrope Héliotrope d'Europe |
Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa, Australia (?), Not naturalized |
NYFA-X USDA-X0 Images Wikispecies | ||
Heliotropium (excluded taxa) | Heliotrope | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. var. curassavicum |
Licorice-weed, Salt heliotrope, Seaside heliotrope |
Introduced, US South native, Impersistent |
NYFA-Excluded USDA-N0 Images Wikispecies | ||
L. |
Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole |
Introduced, Impersistent |
NYFA-Excluded USDA-X0 Images Wikispecies | ||
L. |
Garden heliotrope | Introduced, Impersistent |
NYFA-Excluded USDA-X0 Images Wikispecies | ||