Heliotropium ophioglossum Stocks ex Boiss

Branched perennial herb ; up to 40(-45) cm tall , arising from a swollen base . Stems erect to ascending , branched , grey-green , white strigose with long tuberculate hairs intermixed with thinner shorter hairs . Leaves alternate , 10–40 × 5–12 mm , greyish-green , lanceolate to ellipticlanceolate , base cuneate and tapering into the petiole , apex obtuse , margins entire to undulate , villose , mixed with long strigose bulbous-based hairy on both surfaces ; petiole up to 2 mm long . Inflorescences terminal , simple or branched ; flowers in unilateral cymes , lax in fruit ; bracts absent . Flowers white , tubular ; calyx 5-lobed , deciduous ; lobes free to base , ± 4 mm , linearoblong , densely hairy with long and short hairs ; corolla white , tubular , 5-lobed ; tube ± 4 mm , hairy on the outside ; lobes small , ± 1 mm , acute , somewhat crenulated , overlapping ; stamens attached to the middle of corolla tube ; stigma long (4–5 mm) , subulate , divided into 2 at apex , exserted , glabrous ; disc at base prominent . Fruit ... nutlets , 4 , 1 . 5–2 mm long , ovoid , dark brown , separating at maturity , glabrous , rugulose . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Not Common

Heliotropium ditrichum Stocks ex Boiss.
Heliotropium stylosum Franch.
Heliotropium vierhapperi O.Schwartz