Euploca strigosa(Willd.) Diane & Hilger

WFO wfo-0000682807 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Euploca strigosa, photographed by P Jeganathan
fig. a P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-03 / obs. 154890187
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. b Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144284375
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. c Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133535135
Euploca strigosa, photographed by P Jeganathan
fig. d P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154890197
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. e Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176909232
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. f Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175727765
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. g Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133535074
Euploca strigosa, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. h Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176909278

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Native range 57 botanical countries

Regions where Euploca strigosa is native: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, China Southeast, Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonChadDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweAfghanistanChina SoutheastGulf StatesOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Euploca strigosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Angola ANG
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Gulf States GST
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Heliotropium bicolor Hochst. & Steud.
  • Heliotropium brevifolium Wall.
  • Heliotropium compactum D.Don
  • Heliotropium constrictum Kaplan
  • Heliotropium cordofanum Hochst. ex DC.
  • Heliotropium longifolium Klotzsch
  • Heliotropium parvifolium Edgew.
  • Heliotropium pygmaeum Klotzsch
  • Heliotropium senense Klotzsch
  • Heliotropium sennii Chiov.
  • Heliotropium strigosum Willd.
  • Heliotropium strigosum subsp. brevifolium (Wall.) Kazmi
  • Heliotropium strigosum subsp. strigosum
  • Heliotropium thymeloides Walp.
  • Heliotropium thymoides Jaub. & Spach
  • Lithospermum chinense Hook. & Arn.
  • Lithospermum chinensis Hook. & Arn.
  • Peristima bicolor Raf.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.