Heliotropium ovalifolium Forsk. Common Name : Grey leaf heliotropeFamily : 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.