Heliotropium indicum

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Species Distribution Map
Family:HELIOTROPACEAE
Species:Heliotropium indicum L.
Common Name:Turnsole; Indian Heliotrope
Habitat:River and creek banks, margins of ponds, lakes, and beaver ponds, wet disturbed areas.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:HEIN
Plant Notes:Turnsole is an introduced annual in the Heliotrope family (Heliotropaceae). It is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, but has become widely established in tropical and subtropical areas around the globe. It Alabama it is found state-wide. Turnsole grows on river banks, on exposed pond and lake bottoms, and in disturbed wetlands. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are erect and 2-3 feet in height. Stems are green in color and pubescent with long white hairs. Leaves are alternate, petiolate with winged petioles, ovate to oblong in outline, with toothed margins. The leaves are pubescent with white hairs on both surfaces. The inflorescence is a helicoid cyme. Flowers are blue in color and the corolla is five lobed. The fruit is a dry and deeply 2-lobed schizocarp. It splits into 2 1-seeded mericarps.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC+ (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyHELIOTROPACEAE
Genus Heliotropium
Species Heliotropium indicum L. - Turnsole; Indian Heliotrope

Citation

Citation Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 130. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. Hermann 1: 9, no. 70 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by R. R. Mill, in Cafferty & C.E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 802. 2004.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Eliopia riparia Eliopia riparia Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 90. 1838.  
Eliopia serrata Eliopia serrata Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 90. 1838, nom. illegit.Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Heliophytum indicum Heliophytum indicum (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 556. 1845.Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Heliotropium africanum Heliotropium africanum Schumacher & Thonning, in Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 87. 1827.GHANA: Without data, Thonning 69 (holotype: C). 
Heliotropium foetidum Heliotropium foetidum Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 112. 1796, nom. illegit.Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Heliotropium cordifolium Heliotropium cordifolium Moench, Methodus 415. 1794, nom. illegit.Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Heliotropium horminifolium Heliotropium horminifolium Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.  
Tiaridium indicum Tiaridium indicum (Linnaeus) Lehmann, Pl. Asperif. Nucif. 14. 1818.Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU114566 Macon 12 Oct 1973 Pringle, G.
093		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00016583 Crenshaw 12 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16686		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0043175 Baldwin 19 Jun 2002 Nation, N. Fred
977		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
USAM000003051 Greene 27 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10657		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L. (Turnsole)
AUA_ACC_3989 Macon May 1908 Anonymous
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UWAL0052338 Lauderdale 08 Aug 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10348		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_46280 Conecuh 1 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3455		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
AUA_ACC_65853 Crenshaw 12 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16686		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000048066 Lawrence 02 Oct 1993 Blythe, Fennel
16		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114559 Etowah 9 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
4011		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0035879 Blount 27 Oct 2014 Anderson, Kelly
758		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
TROY000047002 Mobile 14 Sep 1974 Lelong, Michel G.
8183		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114550 Bibb 31 Jul 1998 Whetstone, R. David
19661		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000040323 Marengo 24 Jul 2011 England, J. Kevin
3080		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0007916 Sumter 02 Oct 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
B-026		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114572 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
874		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00073415 St. Clair 13 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4978		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
SAMF0004422 Blount 06 Aug 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4014		 SAMF
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_71581 Clarke 7 Sep 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2965		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00058548 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1296		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114569 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18545		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_1724 Colbert 17 Jul 1965 Landers, Ken
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000016747 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1296		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0019171 Bullock 06 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86431		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114568 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18479		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48213 Barbour 20 Nov 1980 Jacobs, Robert
155		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00039408 Greene 04 Jul 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
s.n.		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114558 DeKalb 30 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7457		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_20807 Marengo 28 Aug 1969 Moore, Harold D.
693-69		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000031108 Elmore 21 Jul 1966 Rogers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA000037560 Morgan 15 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5585		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
JSU114551 Blount 13 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
916		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039414 Tuscaloosa 28 Sep 1980 Youngblood, Barbara Y.
53		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_37443 Limestone 5 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
339		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
SAMF0004423 Blount 06 Aug 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4005		 SAMF
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00020008 Dallas 24 Aug 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
462		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA000031177 Escambia 25 Jun 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4789		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000033921 Houston 16 Sep 2011 Senn, Whitney
41		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003045 Morgan 27 Aug 1969 Kral, Robert
36474		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0019956 Morgan 15 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5585		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
ALNHS00001673 Greene 07 Nov 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#877		 ALNHS
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114574 Talladega 2 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13620		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039412 Sumter 02 Jul 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2281		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114570 Randolph 7 Sep 1991 Whetstone, R. David
16126a		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0007915 St. Clair 13 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4978		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
TROY000016746 Bibb 14 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
63056		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00017171 St. Clair 13 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4978		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039401 Tuscaloosa 19 Nov 1980 Forster, Wendy R.
120		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0038730 Lawrence 01 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9411		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_42604 Macon 13 Aug 1972 Pounders, C.T.
196		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000034126 Bullock 23 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
250		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003044 Baldwin 25 Oct 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11778		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_35079 Shelby 28 Jul 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1771		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
USAM000003054 Mobile 01 Nov 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11812		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0014351 Walker 23 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1442		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000003233 Montgomery 31 Aug 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12043		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114571 Randolph 16 Jul 1969 Herren, Tommy
s.n.		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00016419 Butler 12 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16798		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0010120 Bullock 23 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
250		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000029130 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12804		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_13843 Macon 20 Jul 1966 Daly, Jr., Robert
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000003234 Pike 06 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16864		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_35786 Macon 5 Oct 1972 Allen, J.D.
50		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UWAL0051872 Madison 04 Oct 2020 England, J. Kevin
11300		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
TROY000048189 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1298		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00005972 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1296		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039409 Wilcox 18 Nov 1977 Haynes, Robert R.
6407		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114567 Marshall 24 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2425		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039413 Perry 16 Nov 1980 Williams, John S.
233		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_13481 Elmore 21 Jul 1966 Rogers, Kenneth
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000021605 St. Clair 13 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4978		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114552 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
835		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003047 Greene 29 Oct 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
10017		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_50689 Crenshaw 27 Oct 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7844		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UWAL0033975 Marengo 16 Oct 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9883		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0008632 Marengo 24 Jul 2011 England, J. Kevin
3080		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114561 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_23731 Tuscaloosa 4 Jul 1971 Burdett, R.A.
105		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00039400 Autauga 22 May 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
USAM000003048 Mobile 13 Oct 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8838		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_50975 Bullock 12 Oct 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6527		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000003229 Butler 12 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16798		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00005971 Barbour 26 Jul 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11902		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0038202 Mobile 14 Sep 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8183.2		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114556 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19004		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000034136 Marengo 27 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2928		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0033307 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6714		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48333 Madison 11 Oct 1980 Haynes, Gretchen
15		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00039411 Greene 28 Sep 1962 Thomas, Joab L.
709		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_35790 Tallapoosa 23 Sep 1972 Bowers, John R.
40		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UWAL0052879 Bibb 18 Aug 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11545		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114564 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_13860 Lee 29 Jun 1966 Diem, John Robert
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00069126 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12804		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0004874 Marengo 27 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2928		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003052 Baldwin 30 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11354		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_22582 Lee 11 Nov 1971 Henley, Nancy S.
195		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UWAL0034099 Cleburne 20 Sep 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14456		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
USAM000003050 Mobile 14 Sep 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8183.1		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_55228 Pike 15 Jul 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9666		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000003232 Crenshaw 12 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16686		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00014766 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12804		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114573 Talladega 13 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
738		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00064855 Clarke 07 Sep 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2965		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_37256 Choctaw 16 Jun 1981 Henderson, T.
189		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000003231 Crenshaw 30 Sep 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11612		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039404 Dallas 18 Aug 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
759		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
USAM000003046 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6969		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA000039186 Cullman 8 Aug 1911 Niedermieier, Philip
1163		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00050211 Calhoun 05 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R.D.
11842		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114565 Limestone 14 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18042		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_416 Lee 27 Jun 1964 Sumawidjnja, Kusman
 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000042197 Houston 16 Sep 2011 Senn, Whitney
41		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114557 Colbert 17 Jul 1965 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UNA00039395 Mobile 22 Apr 1950 Crawford, Lloyd C.
966		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114560 Jackson 5 Aug 1994 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWFP006017 Escambia 27 Oct 1999 James R. Burkhalter
16895		 UWFP
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000003228 Barbour 26 Jul 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11902		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
JSU114563 Jefferson 2 Nov 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1248		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0007913 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12804		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0039279 Houston 18 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27622		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AMAL00017836 Bibb 14 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
63056		 AMAL
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000044160 Houston 18 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27622		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003053 Baldwin 25 Oct 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11778		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_35037 Jefferson 28 Jul 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1747		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
SAMF0004421 Talladega 07 Oct 2003 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3004		 SAMF
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_46984 Pike 21 Oct 1982 Wilburn, John C.
72		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
UNA00057174 Limestone 14 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R.D.
18042		 UNA
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114555 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18848		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_67386 Cherokee 2 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12804		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
TROY000003230 Coffee 13 Jul 2000 Martin, Brian H.
773		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0018977 Geneva 15 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74248		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114553 Calhoun 5 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11842		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33259 Dallas 8 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
548		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
ALNHS00005990 Houston 24 Oct 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3449		 ALNHS
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114562 Jefferson 15 Aug 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
953		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
UWAL0007914 Clarke 07 Sep 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2965		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
UWAL0007912 Butler 12 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16798		 UWAL
Heliotropium indicum L.
JSU114554 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12017		 JSU
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
TROY000016726 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18113		 TROY
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus
USAM000003049 Mobile 23 Nov 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
5028		 USAM
Heliotropium indicum L.
AUA_ACC_37702 Washington 5 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
694		 AUA
Heliotropium Indicum L.
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