Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Seaside heliotrope is a fleshy, blue-green native of saline flats and shores, with coiled spikes of small white-and-blue flowers, a salt-tolerant, drought-hardy groundcover for tough, alkaline sites.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, KS, LA, MS, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA