Plectranthus zuluensis T.Cooke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Plectranthus l'hér.

Characteristics

Erect soft shrub 1-2 m tall, freely branched; stems ascending, shortly and finely tomentose when young. Leaves petiolate; blade softly semi-succulent, ovate to broadly ovate, 30-70 x 25-55 mm, thinly and shortly pubescent on both surfaces, under-surface with colourless gland-dots, apex acute, base truncate to shortly cuneate, margin regularly and coarsely crenate; petiole 25-60 mm long. Inflorescence simple or rarely branched near the base, racemes 40-80 mm long; flowers in sessile 3-flowered cymes, forming 6-flowered verticils 5-12 mm apart. Calyx 1 mm long in fruiting stage, purple-tinged, glandular-pubescent. Corolla 10-16 mm long, pale blue-mauve to almost white with usually six rows of mauve dots on the upper lip; tube deflexed, expanding to a large saccate base and narrowing towards the throat; upper lip 5-6 mm long; lower lip concave, 5-6 mm long, soon deflexed. Stamens free, lower 2 fertile, 5-7 mm long, upper 2 reduced to staminodes 1-2 mm long.
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Erect, soft shrub, 1-2 m high; freely branched, finely tomentose. Leaves petiolate, softly semi-succulent, ovate to broadly ovate, 30-70 x 25-55 mm, base truncate to shortly cuneate, apex acute, margins coarsely crenate; both surfaces shortly pubescent, lower surface gland-dotted. Inflorescence: rachis 40-80 mm long; verticillasters 6-flowered. Flowers pale blue-mauve to white. Calyx 7 mm long when fruiting, purple-tinged, glandular-pubescent. Corolla 10-16 mm long; tube deflexed, base large and saccate narrowing towards throat; upper lip 5-6 mm long with 6 rows of mauve dots; lower lip 5-6 mm long, concave, deflexed. Stamens free, upper 2 staminodes. Flowering time Oct.-June.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.5
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Light 1-6
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Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Plectranthus zuluensis world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:454800-1
WFO ID wfo-0000275958
COL ID 4K4QG
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Synonyms

Plectranthus zuluensis