An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ; scorpioidspikes densely flowered, bractless, mostly in pairs;flowers about 2 broad; calyx-segments lanceo-late, acute; corolla white with a yellow eye orchanging to blue; stigma umbrella-shaped; anthersacuminate; fruit globose, at length separatinginto 4 nutlets. On sandy seashores, Delaware to Texas and Mex-ico. Widely distributed in saline and maritime soilin the West Indi


An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ; scorpioidspikes densely flowered, bractless, mostly in pairs;flowers about 2 broad; calyx-segments lanceo-late, acute; corolla white with a yellow eye orchanging to blue; stigma umbrella-shaped; anthersacuminate; fruit globose, at length separatinginto 4 nutlets. On sandy seashores, Delaware to Texas and Mex-ico. Widely distributed in saline and maritime soilin the West Indies, South America and the OldWorld. In ballast about the northern 3. Heliotropium spathulatum Rydb. Spatulate-leaved Heliotrope. Fig. 3504. H. spathulatum Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 30: 262. 1903. Perennial, glabrous, fleshy, glaucous, branched, i°-il°high, the branches ascending. Leaves spatulate, indis-tinctly veined, 2 long or less, obtuse at the apex;scorpioid spikes 2-5; flowers 3-4 broad, white, orbluish; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute; fruitrather larger than that of H. curassavicum. Prairies, plains and meadows, Iowa to North Dakota,Assiniboia, Chihuahua and California.


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