Habit: Heliotropium nashii grows as a prostrate, woody perennial forming mounds to 30 cm in diameter. The sessile, strigose pubescent leaves are arranged alternately, to 3 mm in length, ovate with an acute to obtuse leaf apex and slightly appressed towards the stem.
The complete, perfect, slightly zygomorphic flowers are solitary in leaf axils. The calyx has 5 fused at the base, green sepals. The corolla has 5 fused white petals with a yellow center, with one lobe slight larger than the others. There are 5 stamens fused to the base of the corolla. The ovary is superior with 4 locules. The fruit is a capsule.
Habitat: Heliotropium nashii grows in thin soils on open flats near Sabal palmetto Woodlands.
Distribution: Heliotropium nashii is endemic to the Lucayan Archipelago occurring on Great Inagua and Providenciales.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Heliotropium nashii is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamas.