Synonyms: Heliotropium rariflorum Stocks, Heliotropium stellulatum Maire
I warmly thank M. Ibn Tattou (Rabat), Hartmut H. Hilger (Berlin) and C. Chatelain (Geneva) who helped me identify this species.
This is the first time that this taxon is reported in Atlantic Sahara. Plant was photographed in Jebel Deramane (Atlantic Sahara) on rocky ground (22 ° 36 'N / 14 ° 28' W).