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Common Heliotrope

Heliotropium europaeum

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Description:

An erect annual plant covered by numerous tiny white bristles. The flowers are arranged in zigzag alternate pairs on a bractless spike that is coiled at the tip and unwinds while growing up. Each flower has five white petals in the shape of a star.

Habitat:

Commonly found close to arable fields.

Notes:

Maltese name: Vanilja Bajda

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Flowers of Europe
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Flora of the Maltese Islands

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PublishedMay 24, 2013

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