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Heliotropium pannifolium
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<p><i>Heliotropium pannifolium</i>, the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub in the family <i><a href="/facts/Boraginaceae/wGbPMTXF">Boraginaceae</a></i>. It grew to a height of up to 1 m. It was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of <a href="/facts/Saint_Helena/bRtmw20h">Saint Helena</a> was severe and the Saint Helena heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants). </p>