Index / Search / Heliotropium tenellum
§1 Plant
Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr.
vernacular pasture heliotrope — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Heliotropium
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 156 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 156 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Oklahoma view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Lincoln 40081
- Love 40085
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HETE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9107165 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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