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Coleus maculosus

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Trop. Africa, Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Coleus maculosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widespread in tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Three subspecies have been described:

Other Coleus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coleus maculosus 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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