Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
cola de escorpión, scorpion's tail
A low growing plant with fleshy grey-blue leaves. The plant is always covered in curling tongues of white flowers.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Heliotropium
Species
curassavicum
Subspecies
var. curassavicum
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Heliotropium chenopodioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Atkinson, R. Guézou, A. & Jaramillo, P. (2009) Siémbrame en tu jardín - Plantas nativas para jardines en Galápagos. Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, 151 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=220. Accessed 10 May 2025.