Heliotropium ellipticum

Heliotropium ellipticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Pakistan.^[1] It is a weed and contaminant of cumin and other herbs and spices.^[2]

Heliotropium ellipticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Heliotropium
Species:	H. ellipticum
Binomial name
Heliotropium ellipticum Ledeb.
Synonyms[1]
List Heliotropium eichwaldii Steud. Heliotropium littorale Steven Heliotropium parviflorum Steven ex Boiss. Heliotropium stevenianum Andrz. ex Hohen. Heliotropium striatum Hemsl. Heliotropium strictum Ledeb.