Heliotropium aff. wagneri

Heliotropium aff. wagneri is an undescribed plant in the family Boraginaceae. It resembles Heliotropium wagneri, but differs in fruits breaking up into four nutlets and flowers that are always yellow, never white.

Heliotropium aff. wagneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. aff. wagneri
Binomial name
Heliotropium aff. wagneri

Endemic to Samhah in Yemen, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rocky shores.

References

  1. Miller, A. 2004. Heliotropium aff. wagneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.


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