Heliotropium circinnatum
Heliotropium circinnatum
Deli bambulotu
Annual herb to 50 cm, greyish to whitish tomentose. Stem erect, branched. Leaves 10-25 mm, ovate, obtuse, rarely subacute. Inflorescences 1-2, lax, elongate. Calyx sessile, 3-3·5 mm, deciduous. Corolla 6-8 mm, funnel-shaped, secondary lobes subulate-filiform, slightly shorter than primary lobes, introflexed. Anthers inserted near base of corolla tube, tips hooked. Stigma subsessile, cylindrical-subulate from a disc-like base. Nutlets glabrous, smooth. Fl. 4-8. Ruderal; gravelly and rocky slopes, shingle of streambeds, 400-1500 m.
N. Iraq, N. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to H. ferrugineogriseum.
