Coleus mirabilis Briq.
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Kaoma District, Lui Dambo at Maindende
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kasama
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kasama
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Ascocarydion mirabile (Briq.) G. Taylor Coleus leucophyllus Baker Plectranthus mirabilis (Briq.) Launert
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Description:
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A soft-woody perennial with stems erect, sparsely branched, up to 2.5 m tall from a woody rhizome. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate to elliptic, discolorous, puberulous above, silvery tomentose below, with red sessile glands. Inflorescence lax to dense, calyx purple, corolla blue. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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mirabilis (Latin) marvelous or strange
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Flowering time: | Apr - Aug |
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Zambia, Angola and Namibia. |
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Literature:
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Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 258 - 259. as Plectranthus mirabilis
Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 216. as Plectranthus mirabilis
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Coleus mirabilis. https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=207940, retrieved 6 February 2023
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