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Native Coleus

Coleus graveolens

Also called Fragrant Spur Flower

Native Coleus
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Australia, Lord Howe I., Marshall Is. (Jaluit)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Coleus graveolens, synonym Plectranthus graveolens, commonly called the Fragrant Spur-Flower or bush basil, is a shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

Where it grows

C. graveolens is found across eastern Australia, from Hunter Valley to the Rockhampton Region. It grows on cliff sides or rocky ledges.

Other Coleus plants

Silver Hullwort · Coleus ater · Dog Hullwort · Coleus comosus · Coleus cremnus · Coleus habrophyllus · Coleus maculosus · Common Thicket Spurflower · Hullworts · Coleus amboinicus · Coleus argentatus · Coleus barbatus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coleus graveolens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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