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Heliotropium pannifolium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Heliotropium

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Boraginaceae

Scientific name
  
Heliotropium pannifolium

Similar
  
Sporobolus durus, Byttneria ivorensis, Crudia zeylanica

Heliotropium pannifolium, the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub up to 1 m in height. it was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of Saint Helena was severe and the Saint Helena Heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants).

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Heliotropium pannifolium Wikipedia