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heliotrope

Any of about 250 species of tropical or temperate, mostly herbaceous, plants that make up the genus , in the borage family, found throughout the world. Included are many weedy species. The best known is garden heliotrope (), a shrubby perennial that bears fragrant, purple to white, flat-clustered, five-lobed flowers in coiled sprays, similar to forget-me-nots.

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