Heliotropium aegyptiacum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Heliotropium |
Species: | H. aegyptiacum
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Binomial name | |
Heliotropium aegyptiacum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Heliotropium aegyptiacum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Egypt, northwest tropical Africa, Socotra, Kenya, and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] It is favored by desert locusts ( Schistocerca gregaria), but is toxic to livestock. [2]