Taxonomy: Fam. Boraginaceae// Genus: Heliotropium// Species: Heliotropium suaveolens M. Bieb.// Subspecies: Heliotropium suaveolens M. Bieb. subsp. suaveolens.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Brummitt in Tutin et al. (1972) and Matevski in Matevski (2010).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Southeast and East Europe to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropiumsuaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – fruiting calyces. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – abaxial side of leaf and stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 19.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Heliotropium suaveolens subsp. suaveolens – A: flower, corolla and calyx; B: flowers; C: seeds; Scale in mm. D: surface of seed with hairs under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Heliotropium L. Brummitt, R. K. in 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: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 84 – 86.
Heliotropium L. Kostadinovski, M. in Matevski, V. (2010). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. II, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 78 – 82.
