Heliotropium indicum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBoraginaceae
Family (Traditional)Heliotropiaceae
GenusHeliotropium
Species:Heliotropium indicum L.
Common NameBright Eye; Eye Bright; Indian Heliotrope; Scorpion Bush; Scorpion Weed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Region of Origin: South America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Tiaridium indicum Tiaridium indicum Lehm.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Hardin (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Ohio (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Union (KY), Warren (KY), Benton (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Crockett (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dyer (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100315355 Warren Kentucky 30 Jul 1968 Kenneth A. Nicely
2495
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315413 McCracken Kentucky 28 Aug 1969 Raymond Athey
786
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315397 Fulton Kentucky 05 Oct 1984 Raymond Athey
5060
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315280 Hardin Kentucky 16 Oct 1983 Ronald L. Jones
4231
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182899 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182992 Fulton Kentucky
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182852 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182887 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182891 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182855 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182845 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182900 White Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182863 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182879 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182889 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315454 Hardin Tennessee 18 Oct 1980 Ronald L. Jones
3359
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315306 McLean Kentucky 06 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4911
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315272 Fulton Kentucky 10 Jul 1962 Edward T. Browne Jr.
5838
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
MDKY00008381 Fulton Kentucky
MDKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182851 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182849 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182862 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182874 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182854 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182893 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182875 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182884 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182870 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021921 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0114562 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315256 Caldwell Kentucky 07 Jul 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5107
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315249 Ballard Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 R.L. Jones
7998
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315314 Ohio Kentucky 23 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4649
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31973000006736 Ballard Kentucky 22 Aug 1985 Dalton, Patricia
1356
KNK
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182846 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182844 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182896 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182853 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182871 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182895 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182860 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
012031 Dyer Tennessee
BOON
Heliotropium indicum
012030 Carroll Tennessee
BOON
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021934 Todd Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021920 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315462 Hardin Tennessee 18 Oct 1980 R. Jones
3359
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315447 Dyer Tennessee 12 Jul 1979 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1685
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182850 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182878 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182897 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182861 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182847 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182872 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182856 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182886 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021909 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021914 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021916 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0061055 Muhlenberg Kentucky 11 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021918 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315405 Marshall Kentucky 04 Oct 1984 Raymond Athey
5051
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315322 Ohio Kentucky 15 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4537
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315348 Union Kentucky 28 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5305
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
BEREA010156 Graves Kentucky
BEREA
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182888 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182859 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182883 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182868 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182882 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182867 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182864 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0114563 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021919 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021912 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021925 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315264 Crittenden Kentucky 27 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5225
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315298 Hopkins Kentucky 14 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5108
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182881 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182865 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182898 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182890 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0114560 Livingston Kentucky 12 Jul 1994 Landon McKinney
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021922 Lake Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021929 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021937 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021942 Christian Kentucky 23 Jul 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021915 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021927 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021911 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU005380 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315389 Fulton Kentucky 22 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr.
9369
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315231 Ballard Kentucky 12 Sep 2010 Landon McKinney
11216
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182857 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182885 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182858 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182869 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182848 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182876 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182894 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182877 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0065719 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021936 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0076586 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
UOS01655 Franklin Tennessee 07 Jul 1964 H. Fasick
UOS
Heliotropium indicum
UOS01656 Franklin Tennessee 09 Aug 1962 R.C. Clark
UOS
Heliotropium indicum
31234100315330 Union Kentucky 27 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5229
EKY
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182873 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182866 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182892 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0182880 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021933 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021923 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021935 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021910 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0114564 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0089773 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0088291 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU005381 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
MEM000987 Shelby Tennessee Pam Boggs
s.n.
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM016654 Crockett Tennessee 26 Jun 1980 Vernon Bates
1043
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU024579 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
MEM015830 Fayette Tennessee 04 Oct 1980 Vernon Bates Jr.
1924
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM020561 Shelby Tennessee 28 Sep 2015 Alison Lang
10
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM006694 Calloway Kentucky 27 Jul 1973 Raymond Athey
2434
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM014231 Tipton Tennessee 04 Nov 1978 Dan Morris
s.n.
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0114654 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0088296 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU024580 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU024575 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
UCHT034273 Tennessee
UCHT
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021939 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021924 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0080996 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021943 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0061056 Muhlenberg Kentucky 12 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021926 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0089772 Muhlenberg Kentucky 21 Nov 1978 Rich Hannan
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0070362 Marshall Kentucky 08 Oct 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021931 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
TENN-V-0244005 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Heliotropium indicum
MEM018329 Shelby Tennessee 06 Oct 1978 Michele Connelly
111
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM000986 Shelby Tennessee 10 Jul 1962 J.G. Phillips
s.n.
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM014268 Lake Tennessee 07 Oct 1978 Fred Deneke
185
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM014225 Hardeman Tennessee 12 Oct 1978 Dan Morris
s.n.
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
MEM000377 Henderson Kentucky Joe Bruna
s.n.
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021940 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0111599 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021917 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0088278 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021932 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021928 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
APSC0021941 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU024578 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
HTTU024581 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Heliotropium indicum
MEM011685 Shelby Tennessee 27 Jul 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
348
MEM
Heliotropium indicum
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Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield
Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield
Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield
Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield
Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield
Heliotropium indicum - Tara Littlefield