Heliotropium lasiocarpum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. belongs to the Boraginaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Heliotropium
Specific Epithet
lasiocarpum
Authorship
Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
6/16/2010
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Prov.
35.761028, 45.470000
Location Remarks
North of Sulaimani on highway to Zaynal and Mawat, c. 2 km south of Suraqalat. Banks of Aw-e Shiler River near a bridge (and remnants of a pervious bridge blown up by Hussein troops). 830 m elev.
Collectors
Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Christopher Davidson, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Sparse steppe vegetation, some oaks in protected ravines.