Salt Heliotrope | |
Heliotropium curassavicum, Borage family (Boraginaceae)
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Flowers: | Small whitish flowers (to 3/16") with 5 rounded sections, centers may range from yellow to reddish or purple, clustered on a coil. |
Leaves: | Thick, waxy, blue-green leaves, to 1 1/2" long. |
Height: | May grow to 16". |
Photographed April
2, in Superstition Mountain area wash. Typically found in moist, salty ground. |