Heliotropium europaeum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae}}

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|genus = Heliotropium

|species = europaeum

|authority = L.

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Heliotropium europaeum is a species of heliotrope known by the common names European heliotrope{{PLANTS|id=HEEU|taxon=Heliotropium europaeum|accessdate=19 January 2016}} and European turn-sole.{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but it is widely naturalized elsewhere, such as in Australia and North America. It grows as a roadside weed in some places. This is an annual herb growing from a taproot and reaching maximum heights near 40 centimeters. The stem and oval-shaped leaves are covered in soft hairs. The inflorescences are coiled spikes of white flowers with fuzzy or bristly sepals. Each flower is just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is a bumpy nutlet.