Heliotropium ovalifolium

• Botanical Name : Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk.
• Common Name : Velanahathi Sundha, Grey Leaf Heliotrope
• Plant Family : Boraginaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Heliotropium ovalifolium Plant :

• Habit : A small, erect or decumbent herb, densely clothed with dense white silky hairs.
• Leaves : Small, elliptic or obovate, mucronate, hairy.
• Inflorescence : Once forked scorpioid cymes.
• Flowers :
  • White 2-4 inches long.
  • Calyx hairy, segments unequal, one very broad and larger than other 4, corolla tube cylindric, hairy outside, ovate-oblong.
  • Stamens 5, connective produced.
  • Ovary glabrous, style 0, stigma conical.
• Fruits : Nutlets hairy.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : January-February
• Significance : A common weed in wastelands.