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Tournefortia gnaphalodes
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Tournefortia gnaphalodes, the sea lavender, bay lavender, sea rosemary, iodine bush, or beach heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is native to Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Bermuda, northeastern Colombia, and Venezuela. A semi‑succulent evergreen shrub reaching 5 ft (1.5 m), it is typically found in coastal areas. Occasionally cultivated as an ornamental, it is often used for dune stabilization.
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tournefortia gnaphalodes
- Slug
- tournefortia-gnaphalodes
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Tournefortia
- Species
- gnaphalodes
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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