Heliotropium pannifolium

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

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|name = Saint Helena heliotrope

|status = EX

|status_system = IUCN3.1

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|extinct = ca. 1820

|genus = Heliotropium

|species = pannifolium

|authority = Burch. ex Hemsl.

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Heliotropium pannifolium, the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub in the family Boraginaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117108-1 |title= Heliotropium pannifolium Burch. ex Hemsl. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 8, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6LL8W |title= Heliotropium pannifolium Burch. ex Hemsl. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 8, 2024}} It grew to a height of up to 1 m. It was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of Saint Helena was severe and the Saint Helena heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants).