Clytie

or Clytia, in Greek mythology, an ocean nymph. She became enamored of Helios, the sun god. Her affection was not returned and she pined away in consequence. For nine days she sat on the cold ground and mourned, but ever with her face turned toward the sun. At last the gods pitied her and allowed her to be transformed into a flower. Her feet grew downward into the ground and became roots; her body and arms became the plant, and her pretty face became a blossom, which turns always toward the sun. Thenceforth she was called the heliotrope, which means "sun-turning."