indian heliotrope heliotropium indicum with butterfly sitting its white flowers

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Indian heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum) with a butterfly sitting on its white flowers. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Indian heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum) with a butterfly sitting on its white flowers.

Indian heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum) also known as Indian turnsole is a hirsute plant that is a common weed. Native to Asia it is widely used in native medicines. It has a curved arrangement of small white or purple flowers with a green calyx and velvety broad green leaves. It is an annual, erect, branched plant. It has a hairy stem, bearing alternating ovate to oblong-ovate leaves.