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Plectranthus saccatus
Plectranthus saccatus is a South African shrub in the mint family, native to forest margins and shaded coastal sites in the southern Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. It grows best in shade or dappled light with evenly moist, well-drained soil.
Plectranthus saccatus is a species of shrub from the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the southern Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. The habitat includes forest or shaded situations near the coast.
Three subdivisions are accepted.
Pincushion Spurflower · Speckled spur flower · Ecklon Spurflower · Forest Spurflower · Plectranthus hadiensis · Brazilian Coleus · Cliff Spurflower · Dwarf Spurflower · Whorled plectranthus · Spurflowers
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plectranthus saccatus 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.
