Heliotropium curassavicum, also known as salt heliotrope, is a flowering plant found in many parts of the Americas, including Canada, Argentina, and the West Indies. It can also be found in other regions as an introduced species. This herb thrives in salty soils and is often found in disturbed coastal areas. It has a variety of common names in different languages and has five recognized varieties. The plant has fleshy stems and leaves, with small bell-shaped flowers that can be white with purple or yellow throats. The fruit is a smooth nutlet. The different varieties have varying flower sizes and colors.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Coldenia succulenta	Peter	Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. , n.f., 13(2): 90 (1928)
Heliotropium virens	E.Mey. ex DC.	Prodr. 9: 538 (1845)
Heliotropium xerophilum	Cockerell	Bot. Gaz. 33: 379 (1902)
Heliotropium lehmannianum	Bruns	Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 8: 68 (1929)
Heliotropium glaucum	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 113 (1796)
Heliotropium glaucophyllum	Moench	Suppl. Meth. : 147 (1802)
Heliotropium chenopodioides	Willd.	Enum. Pl. : 175 (1809)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. chenopodioides	(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lehm.	Pl. Asperif. Nucif. 1: 34 1818
Heliotropium chilense	Bertero	Mercurio Chileno : 614 (1829)
Heliotropium portulacoides	DC. ex Bello	Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 298 1881
Heliotropium curassavicum var. violaceum	Ram.Goyena	Fl. Nicarag. 2: 641 (1911)
Heliotropium angustifolium	Raf.	Herb. Raf. : 79 (1833)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. xerophilum	A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.	Bot. Gaz. 61: 35 (1916)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	salt heliotrope
Arabic	رقيب الشمس الغبيري
Bengali	নোনা হাতিশুড়
Finnish	lännenheliotrooppi
French	heliotrope de curacao
French	héliotrope de curaçao
Upper Sorbian	curaçaowa wobrotnička
nv	toohjįʼhotso
Swedish	strandheliotrop
Vietnamese	vòi voi duyên hải

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Heliotropium curassavicum var. argentinum	I.M.Johnst.	Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 15 (1928)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. fruticulosum	I.M.Johnst.	Wrightia 2: 15 (1959)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. obovatum	DC.	Prodr. 9: 538 (1845)
Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum	I.M.Johnst. ex Tidestr.	Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 48: 42 (1935)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania
- Macaronesia
  - Azores
  - Canary Islands
  - Cape Verde
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Mozambique
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Cape Provinces
  - Free State
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States
  - Saudi Arabia
- China
  - China Southeast
  - Inner Mongolia
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus
  - East Aegean Islands
  - Palestine
  - Turkey

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh
  - India
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
  - West Himalaya
- Malesia
  - Jawa
  - Philippines

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - South Australia
  - Victoria
  - Western Australia

Europe click to expand
- Southeastern Europe
  - Greece
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Islands
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Northwest
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Kansas
  - Missouri
  - Nebraska
  - North Dakota
  - Oklahoma
  - South Dakota
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine
  - New Jersey
  - Pennsylvania
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado
  - Idaho
  - Montana
  - Oregon
  - Washington
  - Wyoming
- South-central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico
  - Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Arkansas
  - Delaware
  - Florida
  - Georgia
  - Louisiana
  - Maryland
  - Mississippi
  - North Carolina
  - South Carolina
  - Virginia
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona
  - California
  - Nevada
  - Utah
- Western Canada
  - Alberta
  - Manitoba
  - Saskatchewan

Pacific click to expand
- North-central Pacific
  - Hawaii

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
- Caribbean
  - Aruba
  - Bahamas
  - Bermuda
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Leeward Islands
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - Puerto Rico
  - Southwest Caribbean
  - Turks-caicos Islands
  - Venezuelan Antilles
  - Windward Islands
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Central American Pacific
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Nicaragua
  - Panamá
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Suriname
  - Venezuela
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Argentina South
  - Chile Central
  - Chile North
  - Paraguay
  - Uruguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Galápagos
  - Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000718508
Florida Plant Atlas	2291
Flora of Alabama	1175
Canadensys	3777
USDA Plants	HECU3
Tropicos	4000125
INPN	101141
Flora of Italy	4247
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116784-1
The Plant List	kew-2843936
Open Tree Of Life	12516
Observations.org	118496
NCBI Taxonomy	113202
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200002310
Nature Serve	2.144438
IUCN Red List	64314219
IPNI	116784-1
iNaturalist	58058
GBIF	2925786
Freebase	/m/03ymw8d
EPPO	HEOCU
EOL	580401
Calflora (Californian flora)	4060
USDA GRIN	18822
Wikipedia	Heliotropium_curassavicum

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Exploring the benefits of wild plants in dietary nutrition: investigating perspectives, choices, health impacts and sustainable practices

Anwar T, Qureshi H, Shahzadi S, Siddiqi EH, Ali HM, Abdelhamid MM, Nazim M

BMC Complement Med Ther

14-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10865668
doi:	10.1186/s12906-024-04379-4
PMID:	38355544

Vascular Plant Species Inventory of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park: Awareness of Alien Invaders as a Sine Qua Non Prerequisite for Island Conservation

Domínguez-Meneses A, Martínez-Gómez JE, Mejía-Saulés T, Acosta-Rosado I, Stadler S

Plants (Basel)

30-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10575041
doi:	10.3390/plants12193455
PMID:	37836194

Exploration of the Wild Edible Plants Used for Basic Health Care by Local People of Bahawalpur and Adjacent Regions, Pakistan

Anwar T, Qureshi H, Naeem H, Shahzadi S, Sehar Z, Hassan R

Foods

25-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10573077
doi:	10.3390/foods12193557
PMID:	37835210

Variability in seed salinity tolerance in an island coastal community

Walsh SK, Wolkis D, Abbriano RM, Barton KE

Ann Bot

04-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10666991
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcad129
PMID:	37665955

Spatial distribution of the four invasive plants and their impact on natural communities’ dynamics across the arid and semi-arid environments in northwest Pakistan

Khan N, Ullah R, Okla MK, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Saleh IA, Abu-Harirah HA, AlRamadneh TN, AbdElgawad H

Front Plant Sci

25-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10485558
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1207222
PMID:	37692447

Chlorophylls as Natural Bioactive Compounds Existing in Food By-Products: A Critical Review

Ebrahimi P, Shokramraji Z, Tavakkoli S, Mihaylova D, Lante A

Plants (Basel)

02-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10096697
doi:	10.3390/plants12071533
PMID:	37050159

Identification of Halophilic and Halotolerant Bacteria from the Root Soil of the Halophyte Sesuvium verrucosum Raf

Pérez-Inocencio J, Iturriaga G, Aguirre-Mancilla CL, Ramírez-Pimentel JG, Vásquez-Murrieta MS, Álvarez-Bernal D

Plants (Basel)

02-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9740589
doi:	10.3390/plants11233355
PMID:	36501394

A New Species of the Mealybug Genus Mirococcus (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from the Cape Verde Islands, with New Records and an Updated Checklist of Scale Insect Species

Łagowska B, Golan K, Hodgson CJ

Insects

31-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9697468
doi:	10.3390/insects13110999
PMID:	36354823

Anti-diabetic activities of phenolic compounds of Alternaria sp., an endophyte isolated from the leaves of desert plants growing in Egypt

Elbermawi A, Ali AR, Amen Y, Ashour A, Ahmad KF, Mansour ES, Halim AF

RSC Adv

01-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9434606
doi:	10.1039/d2ra02532a
PMID:	36199870

Medicinal Plants from Latin America with Wound Healing Activity: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Preclinical and Clinical Studies—A Review

Salazar-Gómez A, Alonso-Castro AJ

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

31-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9505834
doi:	10.3390/ph15091095
PMID:	36145316

The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily

Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P

Plants (Basel)

29-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9104982
doi:	10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:	35567216

Chemical Composition of Kickxia aegyptiaca Essential Oil and Its Potential Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities

Abd-ElGawad AM, El-Amier YA, Bonanomi G, Gendy AE, Elgorban AM, Alamery SF, Elshamy AI

Plants (Basel)

23-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8912309
doi:	10.3390/plants11050594
PMID:	35270064

Ethnopharmacological Survey and Comparative Study of the Healing Activity of Moroccan Thyme Honey and Its Mixture with Selected Essential Oils on Two Types of Wounds on Albino Rabbits

Mekkaoui M, Assaggaf H, Qasem A, El-Shemi A, Abdallah EM, Bouidida EH, Naceiri Mrabti H, Cherrah Y, Alaoui K

Foods

23-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8750595
doi:	10.3390/foods11010028
PMID:	35010154

Impacts of Nicotiana glauca Graham Invasion on the Vegetation Composition and Soil: A Case Study of Taif, Western Saudi Arabia

Assaeed AM, Alharthi AS, Abd-ElGawad AM

Plants (Basel)

25-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8708854
doi:	10.3390/plants10122587
PMID:	34961058

Comparative Chemical Profiles and Phytotoxic Activity of Essential Oils of Two Ecospecies of Pulicaria undulata (L.) C.A.Mey

Abd-ELGawad AM, Al-Rowaily SL, Assaeed AM, EI-Amier YA, El Gendy AE, Omer E, Al-Dosari DH, Bonanomi G, Kassem HS, Elshamy AI

Plants (Basel)

03-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8624369
doi:	10.3390/plants10112366
PMID:	34834729

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives
(7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl 2-(1-acetyloxyethyl)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoate	78384682	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)OC(=O)C)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O	341.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)84137-2
(7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-[1-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)ethyl]butanoate	162870713	Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC(C)C(C(C)C)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O	383.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)84137-2
[(7aS)-2,3,5,7a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-7-yl]methyl (2R)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate	6328195	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	283.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
[(7R,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2R)-2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-[(1R)-1-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)ethyl]butanoate	162870714	Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC(C)C(C(C)C)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O	383.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)84137-2
[(7R,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2-[(1S)-1-acetyloxyethyl]-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoate	162973293	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)OC(=O)C)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O	341.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)84137-2
[(8S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2R,3S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylpentanoate	162968088	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	297.39	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
[(8S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2R)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate	162959176	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	283.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-ylmethanol	186156	Click to see C1CC2C(=CCN2C1)CO	139.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-ylmethyl 2-hydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylbutanoate	259729	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	283.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Pentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methyl-, (2,3,5,7a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-7-yl)methyl ester	158633	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	297.39	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Supinidine	164663	Click to see C1CC2C(=CCN2C1)CO	139.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Delta valerolactones
(+)-Tetrahydro-6-heneicosyl-2h-pyran-2-one	85896840	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1CCCC(=O)O1	394.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944140
(6S)-6-henicosyloxan-2-one	162916415	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1CCCC(=O)O1	394.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944140
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrrolizidines
(1S,8R)-1-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydropyrrolizin-1-ol	163074803	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)(CO)O	157.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
(hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl 2,3-dihydroxy-2-(propan-2-yl)butanoate	3454277	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9801357
[(1R,8S)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2R,3S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylpentanoate	162994416	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	299.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
[(1R,8S)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S,3S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylpentanoate	162994418	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	299.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9801357
[(1R,8S)-4-oxido-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-4-ium-1-yl]methyl 2-hydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylpentanoate	101631704	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CC[N+]2(C1CCC2)[O-])O	315.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1218(92)90240-Z
[(1S,8S)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2R,3S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylpentanoate	162994417	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	299.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
1-(Hydroxymethyl)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydropyrrolizin-1-ol	82856687	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)(CO)O	157.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Butanoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-(1-methylethyl)-, ((1R,7aS)-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl ester, (2R,3S)-	155153	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1218(92)90240-Z
Coromandaline	155154	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Heliocoromandaline	158080	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Heliocurassavicine	158081	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0
Pentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methyl-, (hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl ester	155104	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	299.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1218(92)90240-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85059-0 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9801357
Viridiflorine	6453144	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1CCN2C1CCC2)O	285.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9801357
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Isoflavonoid O-glycosides
3-[4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-5-hydroxy-7-methoxychromen-4-one	101683290	Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC=C(C2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)COC5C(C(CO5)(CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	578.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1218(92)90240-Z

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Heliotropium curassavicum

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Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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