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Coleus australis

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Species of flowering plant

Coleus australis
At Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Coleus
Species: C. australis
Binomial name
Coleus australis
(R.Br.) A.J.Paton
Synonyms
  • Plectranthus australis R.Br
  • Plectranthus parviflorus var. australis (R.Br.) Briq.
  • Plectranthus parviforus Willd., non Coleus parviflorus Benth.

Coleus australis, synonyms Plectranthus australis and Plectranthus parviflorus, known as little spurflower or cockspur flower, is a shrub, occurring in Hawaii, Polynesia and Australia. Non aromatic, between 10 and 70 cm high. The habitat is shady moist areas, including eucalyptus forest and rainforest. A widespread species, in rocky areas and beside streams. Attractive blue and white flowers may occur throughout the year.

Uses

An ornamental plant.

Cockspur flower in Hawaii

References

  1. ^ Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair (2019). "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera". PhytoKeys (129): 1–158. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988. PMC 6717120. PMID 31523157.
  2. NRCS. "Plectranthus parviflorus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. "Plectranthus parviflorus ('Ala 'ala wai nui wahine)".
Taxon identifiers
Coleus australis
Plectranthus parviflorus


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