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Plectranthus hilliardiae

Plectranthus hilliardiae subsp. hilliardiae, flowers. (Photo Alice Notten)
Common names: Pondo spurflower (Eng.); pondospoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... in 1979. Plectranthus is one of the largest genera in the Lamiaceae, consisting of about 350 species, of which 53 occur ... South Africa. Other ornamental South African genera in the Lamiaceae include Stachys, Leonotis (lion’s ear) and ...

06 / 04 / 2020 | Ayanda Komanisi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Equilabium laxiflorum

Equilabium laxiflorum
Common names: citronella dutch-pipe-sage (Eng.); sitrinella-kromsteelpypsalie (Afr.); ubebebe (isiXhosa)
Family: Lamiaceae

24 / 06 / 2019 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia africana-caerulea

Common names: blue sage, wild sage, African sage, purple sage (Eng.); blousalie, bloublomsalie, Afrikaansesalie, perdesalie, wildesalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

27 / 02 / 2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia africana-lutea

Common names: golden sage, beach sage, dune sage, sand sage (Eng.); bruinsalie, sandsalie, strandsalie, geelblomsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

27 / 02 / 2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Coleus tenuicaulis

Coleus tenuicaulis
Common names: Angolan blue coleus (Eng.); Angola blouspoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... meaning ‘narrow’. Coleus  belongs to the family Lamiaceae, a large cosmopolitan aromatic plant family ...

08 / 10 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aeollanthus haumannii

Aeollanthus haumannii
Common names: Otjihipa rock-sage (Eng.); Otjihipa-klipsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

03 / 09 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Coleus venteri

Coleus venteri
Common names: Sekukuni coleus (Eng.); sekoekoeniesalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

30 / 04 / 2018 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Plectranthus lucidus

Plectranthus lucidus
Common names: shiny spurflower (Eng.); blinkblaar spoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

23 / 04 / 2018 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Stachys rugosa

Stachys rugosa (Adam Harrower)
Common names: grey tea stachys (Eng.); vaaltee, bojanntee, boesmantee, dassiekruie (Afr.); taraputsoe (SSo.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... from 0.3 to 1.2 m high. Square stems, typical of Lamiaceae and densely covered in hairs, giving them a grey ...

19 / 02 / 2018 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Stachys aethiopica

Stachys aethiopica
Common names: African stachys, wild sage (Eng.); katbossie, katpisbossie (Afr.);bokhatha, bolae-ba-litaola, likhobe-tsa-balisana (SSo.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... spreading indefinitely. Square-shaped stems, typical of Lamiaceae are sparsely glandular and hairy throughout. The ...

12 / 02 / 2018 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Syncolostemon canescens

Syncolostemon canescens
Common names: coconut-scented sagebush, grey-haired sagebush
Family: Lamiaceae

... one in Madagascar and one in India. Belonging to the Lamiaceae or sage family, which includes many important ...

13 / 03 / 2017 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Syncolostemon macranthus

Syncolostemon macranthus
Common names: long-flowered sagebush, long-flowered pink plume
Family: Lamiaceae

... Botanical Garden February 2017 Like most species of Lamiaceae, Syncolostemon macranthus is an aromatic, ... between Syncolostemon and Hemizygia. The family Lamiaceae consists of more than 240 genera and 6 500 ...

20 / 02 / 2017 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia scabra

Salvia scabra
Common names: coast blue sage (Eng.); kuskruipsalie (Afr.); usikiki (isiXhosa)
Family: Lamiaceae

12 / 09 / 2016 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ajuga ophrydis

Ajuga ophrydis
Common names: bugle plant (Eng.); moonyane, se-nyarela (S. Sotho)
Family: Lamiaceae

... edged lips of the flowers. Ajuga is in the mint family (Lamiaceae). There are about 40 species; mostly from the ...

29 / 08 / 2016 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Stachys tubulosa

Stachys tubulosa
Common names: mauve sage, mauve stachys
Family: Lamiaceae

... KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Most species in the Lamiaceae family have small flowers that are pollinated by ...

06 / 06 / 2016 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Coleus esculentus

Coleus esculentus
Common names: wild potato, veld potato, African potato, Livingstone potato (Eng.); veldaartappel, wilde-aartappel (Afr.); itapile (Xhosa); tsenza (Shona); mutada (V
Family: Lamiaceae

... potato belongs, but a member of the mint family, namely Lamiaceae. Coleus rotundifolius (formerly Solenostemon ...

27 / 07 / 2015 | B Busch | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Leonotis leonurus

Leonotis leonurus
Common names: wild dagga, lion's ear, leonotis (Eng.); wildedagga, duiwelstabak (Afr); imvovo, utywala-bengcungcu, umfincafincane, umunyamunya (isiXhosa); umfincafi
Family: Lamiaceae

04 / 05 / 2015 | B Busch | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Coleus madagascariensis

Coleus madascariensis 'Lynne'
Common names: thicket coleus, Madagascar coleus, candle plant (Eng.); ruigtemuishondblaar, Madagaskarmuishondblaar (Afr.); iboza lehlathi, ilozane (isiZulu)
Family: Lamiaceae

... the branches touch the ground. Like all members of the Lamiaceae family, the young branches are square in ...

09 / 06 / 2014 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Coleus hadiensis

Coleus hadiensis inflorescence
Common names: hairy coleus (Eng.); harigesalie (Afr.); ilozane (isiXhosa); lehlati, imbozisa (Zulu)
Family: Lamiaceae

... name spurflower.  Coleus is a genus in the sage family, Lamiaceae. Members of the Lamiaceae typically have square stems, whorled flower ...

02 / 06 / 2014 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Plectranthus reflexus

Plectranthus reflexus
Common names: ballerina spurflower; ballerina spoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

06 / 05 / 2014 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG
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