Pronunciation: hee-lee-oh-TROPE-ee-um koor-ass-a-
VI-kum
Common name: Wild heliotrope
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Many plant communities, moist to dry saline
to alkaline soils below 7000' throughout California
Blooming period: March to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Heliotropium
2) curassavicum