Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Heliotropium tenellum
Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr.
Pasture Heliotrope, White Heliotrope
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
USDA Symbol: HETE3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Heliotropium tenellum
Pasture Heliotrope
Boraginaceae
Location: Gunsight Mountain Ranch, Tarpley.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Very dry, thin, limestone soil. Full sun. Large colony.
Description: Erect, single stalk, to 2 dm tall, loosely branched above. Stalk/branches slender. Leaves linear, 5x as long as broad, narrowed both ends. Corolla funnel-form, white w/yellow throat, 6 mm long & 5 mm dia, deeply lobed.
County: Bandera
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 18, 1992
Specimen number: 466
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0674
Accession Date: Mar 22, 1994
Accession Number: 49
Annotations: SCFRN