Heliotropium suaveolens, Bieb.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 85

5. H. suaveolens Bieb. , FI. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 116 (1819).

Annual; stems up to 40 cm, erect or ascending, more or less appressedpubescent. Leaves up to 5-5 x 2-8 cm, ovate to elliptical, cuneate to rounded at the base, rounded to subacute at the apex, appressed-pubescent; petiole up to 3-5 cm. Flowers scented. Sepals 2-3-5 mm, linear-oblong, with dense, patent hairs. Corolla 4-6-5 mm; limb (3-5-)4-5-8 mm in diameter, white. Anthers inserted near base of corolla-tube. Stigma 0-1-0-5 mm, shortly conical or hemispherical, entire or shallowly 2- to 4-lobed, about as long as wide, usually pubescent or papillose. Fruit splitting into 4 nutlets. S.E. Europe, extending to S. Italy and Sicilia. Bu?Co?Cr G r It Rm Rs (W, K, E) Si Tu.