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Definition of Heliophila
1. Noun. Any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliophila
Literary usage of Heliophila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1825)
"Thirty-eight species of heliophila, all natives of the Cape of Good Hope, are
recorded by DE CANDOLLE, besides eight uncertain, yet we cannot find that the ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"90. integrifolia. a heliophila integrifolia. Willden.sp.pl. 3. p. 527. ...
Hairy cut-leaved heliophila. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. ..."
3. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"Silique elongated. Calyx equal at the base.—(G. Don.) 1.—heliophila ... It likes
a warm open situation, as is implied by its name, heliophila signifying a ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"The well-known " Army Worm" heliophila unipuncta, has been taken in England, and
in the Madeira Islands, probably introduced from North America. ..."
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