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Alkali Heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) Native, perennial plant in the Borage (Boraginaceae) family that grows in many plant communities throughout California and beyond. Leaves are fleshy. Flowers are white, narrowly bell-shaped with a purple throat. Inflorescence forms a loose coil with double rows of symmetrically placed flowers. It is a favorite butterfly nectaring plant. Peak bloom time: May-August. It has many common names including: Chinese parsley, Heliotrope, Salt heliotrope, and Seaside heliotrope.

Calflora (includes species distribution map in CA) https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=4060 and sightings in Monterey County: https://www.calflora.org/entry/observ.html?track=m#srch=t&lpcli=t&taxon=Heliotropium+curassavicum&chk=t&cch=t&cnabh=t&inat=r&cc=MNT

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=59914

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 98-99.

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 66.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 195.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/heliotropiaceae/

Baja California Plant Field Guide, Jon P. Rebman , Norman C. Roberts, 3rd. ed, 2012, p. 159.

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Irene's Heliotropium (genus) observations on INaturalist, worldwide: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=48896&user_id=aparrot1

Leaf Terminology: Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

Irene's (aparrot1) Profile Page on INaturalist listing Nature Resources (includes online references with links) for Plants, Birds, Fungi, Lepidoptera, Arachnids, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine Life, Plant Galls, and more: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3188668