Аннотация:Alyonkin V.Yu., Barykina R.P. TOWARDS THE PROBLEM OF HETEROEREMOCARPY IN THE BORAGINCEAE. Heteroeremocarpy is one of the kinds of heterocarpy (Voitenko, Oparina, 1985). Heterocarpy is a typical feature of annual plants, but biennials and perennials sometimes have it too. Heterocarpy manifests in unequal abscission of erems and results in winter or spring forms of plants. It affects the structure of monocarpic shoots (rosette to half-rosette in winter plants and elongated in spring counterparts), the volume of buds, the branching mode, the seasonal rhythm of leaf development and plant morphogenesis, the ratio of virgin and generative stages. Repro-ductive stage of the spring plants outpaces that of the winter ones. Heteroeremocarpy is of great importance for species surviving.