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Lepechinia paniculata

Lepechinia paniculata is a shrub in the mint family, endemic to southern Ecuador and grown mainly in cool subtropical gardens. Give it bright light, well-drained soil, and protection from frost.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Free-draining loam or a mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
12–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lepechinia paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Lepechinia plants

Woodbalm · Santa Ana pitchersage · Island pitchersage · San Diego pitchersage · Pakaha · Lepechinia leucophylloides · Lepechinia mutica · Ross' pitcher sage · Lepechinia rufocampi · Pitchersage

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepechinia paniculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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