Turnsole / الغبيرة الصفراء / عقربانة /

European heliotrope / حشيش العقرب / رقيب الشمس الأوروبي / سكران /

Heliotropium europaeum L.

Edibility and usage

Blooming period
May to October
Seed collection period
July to December

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • White
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Heliotropium
Family
Heliotropiaceae
Wikidata item
Q164452
GBIF Item
Heliotropium europaeum L. (2925767)

References

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  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12
  6. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)

Citation

Heliotropium europaeum L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/1950 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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