Index / Search / Heliotropium indicum
§1 Plant
Heliotropium indicum L.
vernacular Indian heliotrope — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Heliotropium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 441 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 441 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Choctaw 01023
- Colbert 01033
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Greene 01063
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Clay 17025
- Crawford 17033
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Crittenden 21055
- Fulton 21075
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Livingston 21139
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Simpson 21213
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Attala 28007
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson 28063
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Montgomery 28097
- Perry 28111
- Prentiss 28117
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 52 I ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New York view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Benton 47005
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Crockett 47033
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Freestone 48161
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jim Wells 48249
- Madison 48313
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Willacy 48489
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HEIN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2925788 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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