Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Boraginaceae
Heliotropium calcareum Stocks.
English name:
Local name: Kharsun.
Description:
An annual or perennial hairy under-shrub with ascending branches and woody
base. Stem narrow. Leaves petiolate, rounded at the apex, leathery. Flowers
minute, white arranged on long spike.
Flowering Period:
April.
Habitat:
Acommon plant of stony, rocky, gravelly soil and on slops of
foothills.
Uses:
Distribution:
Pakistan and Iran.