Heliotrope most often refers to: * Heliotrope (color), a pink-purple color, named for the color of the flowering plants * '' Heliotropium'', a genus of flowering plants Heliotrope may also refer to:

Natural science

* Heliotrope (mineral), a variety of jasper or chalcedony *

Heliotropism Heliotropism, a form of tropism, is the diurnal or seasonal motion of plant parts (flowers or leaves) in response to the direction of the Sun. The habit of some plants to move in the direction of the Sun, a form of tropism, was already known by t ...

, plants' diurnal motion in response to the sun's movement

Art, media and entertainment

* ''Heliotrope'', a story collection by

Justina Robson Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England. Biography and publishing history Justina Robson was born in Leeds on 11 June 1968, and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University o ...

Heliotropes (band) Heliotropes were a psychedelic/alternative rock band from Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Richard Thomas (bass), Cici Harrison (drums), Amber Myers (tambourine, vocals) and Jessica Numsuwankijkul (vocals, guitar). They formed in 2009 when Numsuw ...

, a Brooklyn-based band * "Heliotrope" (song), by At the Drive-In * "Heliotrope", a song by Robyn Hitchcock on the album ''

Moss Elixir ''Moss Elixir'' is an album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1996. It contains twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic. ''Moss Elixir'' came packaged in green and gold, continuing the theme of his earlier solo acoustic albums, ''I O ...

'' *

Heliotrope Studios Heliotrope Studios was a video game developer active in the 1990s. Heliotrope was started as Changeling Software in 1990, a Macintosh The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple In ...

, a video game developer * ''Heliotrope'', a

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

1920 American silent drama film * Miss Heliotrope, the governess in

Elizabeth Goudge Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL (24 April 1900 – 1 April 1984) was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for ''The Little White Horse''. Goudge was long a popular ...

's children's book, '' The Little White Horse''

Other uses

* Heliotrope, a distinctive rash associated with dermatomyositis, including juvenile dermatomyositis * Heliotrope (instrument), in surveying, a long distance survey target based on mirror-reflected sunlight *

Heliotrope (building) The Heliotrope is a design of environmentally friendly housing by German architect Rolf Disch. Three such buildings exist in Germany; the first experimental version was built in 1994 as the architect's home in Freiburg im Breisgau, while the other ...

, a rotating home built by Rolf Disch * HMS ''Heliotrope'' {{Disambiguation