| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Heliotropium sibiricum (L.) J.I.M.Melo |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 77: 970 (2022) |
| Native Range | se. & e. Europe to Temp. Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-1900m |
| Description | leaves sessile, lanceolate to linear, 1-5cm, densely strigose or villose, cyme terminal, 15-40mm broad, flowers pedicellate, corolla campanulate, 10-13mm, lobes ovate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Argusia cimmerica Steven Argusia messerschmidia Steven Argusia rosmarinifolia Steven Argusia sibirica (L.) Dandy Arguzia repens Raf. Heliotropium japonicum A.Gray Messerschmidia argunia Gaertn. Messerschmidia argusia L. Messerschmidia rosmarinifolia Roem. & Schult. Messerschmidia sibirica (L.) L. Messerschmidia sibirica var. latifolia (DC.) H.Hara Tournefortia argusia (L.) Roem. & Schult. Tournefortia argusia var. latifolia DC. Tournefortia rosmarinifolia (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. Tournefortia sibirica L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |