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Did you know...
- The name heliotrope comes from ‘helios’ (=sun) and ‘tropein’ (=turning), because the flowers always turn their heads towards the sun. The old English name also carries: ‘turnsole’ (from the French ‘tournesol’).
- The ingredient heliotropin, also called piperonal or sassafras oil, is very similar to the scent of the actual heliotrope shrub. Heliotropin can be extracted from sassafras (sassafras albidum), among others.
- Heliotrope is often found first by scent rather than by sight.