Heliotropium ventricosum
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Description
Annual herb.
Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, needlelike, 0.5-1.8 by c. 1 mm, tapering towards base, acute, with revolute margins, hairs dense, white on both sides as in stem.
Stamens: anthers subsessile, ovoid, 0.5-0.6 mm long, inserted at about 2/3 of length of tube above base.
Fruit breaking up into 4 nutlets; nutlets short-ovoid, covered with very short, appressed hairs in upper part.