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Scorpion Tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
heel-ee-oh-TROPE-ee-um anj-ee-oh-SPERM-um
Boraginaceae
Native to:
Florida native
Florida abundance and distribution:
Peninsula (not in the northern counties)
Recognition:
To 3’ tall having dark green foliage with coarse hairs. Flowers small,
white, in a thin spike about an inch long forming a curved “tail”, resembling
that of a scorpion.
Other:
Re-seeds. Often cultivated,
attractive to butterflies.
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