Hebrew: עוקץ-עקרב עגול-עלים, Arabic: رقيب الشمس دائري الأوراق
| Scientific name: | Heliotropium rotundifolium Lehm. | |
| Common name: | Round-leaved Heliotrope | |
| Hebrew name: | עוקץ-עקרב עגול-עלים | |
| Arabic name: | رقيب الشمس دائري الأوراق | |
| Family: | Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
Location: Maagan Kibbutz Holiday Village - Sea of Galilee |
| Life form: | Chamaephyte | |
| Stems: | 20-33 cm high; pubescent | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire, smooth | |
| Inflorescence: | Racemes, at length lax | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite, white | |
| Fruits / pods: | Nutlets minutely tubercled, glabrous | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May, June, July, August, September | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
Location: Maagan Kibbutz Holiday Village - Sea of Galilee Derivation of the botanical name: Heliotropium, Greek helios, sun; trope, turning; meaning sun-turning, referring to the turning of flowers toward the sun. rotundifolium, rotundus, round, spherical; with round leaves. The Hebrew name: עוקץ-עקרב, oketz -akrav, scorpion-sting; inflorescence with small flowers somewhat resembling a scorpion sting.
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