Heliotropium ovalifolium Forsk.

Common Name : Grey leaf heliotrope
Family : Boraginaceae

HABIT

PERENNIAL HERB, UP TO 90 CM TALL.

STEMS

MUCH BRANCHED WITH WOODY BASE, YOUNG BRANCHES SILVERY PUBESCENT.

LEAVES

ALTERNATE, SIMPLE, ELLIPTIC TO OBOVATE, 5.5 X 2.5 CM, BASE CUNEATE, APEX RETUSE, MUCRONATE OR ACUTE.

FLOWERS

INFLORESCENCE A SPIKE LIKE CYME, SILKY HAIRY, FLOWERS ARRANGED IN TWO RANKS.

FRUITS

SPLITTING INTO 4 NUTLETS, DENSELY HAIRY.