Biology:Coleus australis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Coleus australis | |
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| At Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Coleus |
| Species: | C. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleus australis (R.Br.) A.J.Paton
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coleus australis, synonyms Plectranthus australis and Plectranthus parviflorus,[1] known as little spurflower[2] or cockspur flower, is a shrub, occurring in Hawaii,[3] 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. et al. (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, PMID 31523157
- ↑ "Plectranthus parviflorus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLPA3.
- ↑ "Plectranthus parviflorus ('Ala 'ala wai nui wahine)". http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/ple-parv.htm.
- "Plectranthus parviflorus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Plectranthus~parviflorus.
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