Tournefortia gnaphalodes

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| image = Flowers in Aruba 11 07 13 276000.jpeg

| image_caption = Flowering in Aruba

| image2 = Argusia gnaphalodes (L.) Heine - sea rosemary, iodine bush, bay lavender (3771225644).jpg

| image2_caption = Dead leaves often remain on the stem

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bárrios, S. |author2=Copeland, A. |year=2021 |title=Tournefortia gnaphalodes |volume=2021 |page=e.T192155789A192155791 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192155789A192155791.en |access-date=5 February 2024}}

| genus = Tournefortia

| species = gnaphalodes

| authority = (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

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| synonyms =

• Argusia gnaphalodes {{small|(L.) Heine}}
• Heliotropium gnaphalodes {{small|L.}}
• Mallotonia gnaphalodes {{small|(L.) Britton}}
• Messerschmidia gnaphalodes {{small|(L.) I.M.Johnst.}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ARGN2 |title=Argusia gnaphalodes (L.) Heine |author=Joseph A. Marcus |date=16 March 2015 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=5 February 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP563 |title=Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes L.): Identification and Uses |last1=Brown |first1=Stephen H. |last2=Frank |first2=Marc S. |last3=Koeser |first3=Andrew K. |date=19 August 2021 |website=IFAS Extension |publisher=Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida |access-date=5 February 2024 }} It is native to Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Bermuda, northeastern Colombia, and Venezuela.{{cite POWO |id=120998-1 |title=Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. |access-date=5 February 2024 }} A semi{{nbh}}succulent evergreen shrub reaching {{cvt|5|ft}}, it is typically found in coastal areas. Occasionally cultivated as an ornamental, it is often used for dune stabilization.

{{Gallery

|Flowers in Aruba 11 07 18 999000.jpeg|Developing fruit

|Plant Alto Vista area (Aruba) 22 39 38 467000.jpeg|Stabilizing sand at the beach

|Tournefortia gnaphalodes (bay lavender) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (15760785635).jpg|In the Bahamas

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