Scorpionstail
Heliotropium angiospermum
Scorpionstail is a warm-climate perennial with curled spikes of tiny white flowers that uncoil as they bloom nearly year-round, a tough, drought-tolerant nectar source and host for some butterflies.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- FL, TX