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Citronella Slippermint

Equilabium laxiflorum

Also called Citronella Spurflower

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Ethiopia to S. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Equilabium laxiflorum, commonly called the citronella slippermint or citronella spurflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found from Ethiopia in the north to South Africa in the south.

Where it grows

Equilabium laxiflorum grows in damp conditions in forest margins and clearings in the eastern DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Other Equilabium plants

Dolomite Slippermint · Dutch Pipe Slippermint · Slippermints

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Equilabium laxiflorum 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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