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BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium indicum
Posted on 3/21/05

BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium indicum

I have finally got an ID on this flower:
BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium indicum

This wild flower has haunted me for over two years. Just couldn't put a name on it. The flower
showed up when I had a load of river sand from the Mississippi river delivered to my yard. It grew from that sand and I allowed it to grow wild in my wild flower gardens.

Common names: white clary,crista de galo,heliotropo silvestre,largatillo,borraja de la tierra,herba de alacrán,pico de zope,scorpion weed,erisipelas plant,turnsoles,wild clary,cola de alacrán,flor de alacrán,cotorrera,heliotropo,clary.

Leaves lightly hairy, entire, and opposite. (length 4.2 cm) Small (0.21 cm) white flowers turn yellow in throat and are arraigned on a curled-up structre in two rows, unfurling as flowers open. Stem hairy.

Nikon D100 ,Nikon 300mm f/4d w/36mm of extension,7/2003

other sizes: small medium large original
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Ann DeCamp 08-May-2006 02:29
Very cool flower!
Yves Rubin 16-Apr-2006 23:25
Unusual and so graceful!
Jola Dziubinska 12-Dec-2005 13:40
Amazing and beautiful shape. Great DOF and colors.
Shi Chen 19-Apr-2005 10:08
Wonderful gallery! I also shooting flower pictures. Please visit, And thanks for sharing, Shi .
dazedgonebye 27-Mar-2005 14:54
It bears only the faintest resemblence to the heliotrope I find growing wild in the deserts here in Arizona. Something to think that the same family can live in such different environs.
Scott Schexnaydre 22-Mar-2005 03:02
Nice , I'm glad you found out what it is called.
Gayle P. Clement 22-Mar-2005 02:25
A beautiful photo, Ronnie. Such a delicate flower!