Round-leafed heliotrope / رقيب الشمس / غبيرة /

رقيب الشمس دائري الأوراق /

Heliotropium rotundifolium Sieber ex Lehm.

Edibility and usage

Blooming period
April to September
Seed collection period
September to November

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Life form
  • Chamaephyte
Foliage
Evergreen

Scientifc data

Genus
Heliotropium
Family
Heliotropiaceae
Wikidata item
Q17416101
GBIF Item
Heliotropium rotundifolium Sieber ex Lehm. (4062204)

References

  1. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)

Citation

Heliotropium rotundifolium Sieber ex Lehm. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/1954 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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