Heliotropium dolosumDe Not.

WFO wfo-0000718534 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-07 / obs. 127959394
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125855226
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Claude Kolwelter
fig. c Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53461969
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. d Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127959452
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125854919
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Claude Kolwelter
fig. f Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53462003
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127959492
Heliotropium dolosum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125854584

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Heliotropium dolosum is native: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine CyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranLebanon-SyriaTranscaucasusTürkiyeBulgariaGreeceItalyKritiKrymRomaniaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Heliotropium dolosum, 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
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Romania ROM
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

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 2 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 littorale Steven
  • Heliotropium macrocarpum Guss.

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.

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