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Plectranthus verticillatus

Common names: gossip spurflower, money plant, (Eng.); skindersalie (Afr).

Family: Lamiaceae

26 / 07 / 2010 | S Khanyile | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Plectranthus fruticosus 'Liana'

Common names: Liana spurflower (Eng.); muishondblaar (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... shrub around 1-1.5 m high. Like in most members of the Lamiaceae family, the young branches are square in cross ...

24 / 05 / 2010 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG

Rotheca louwalbertsii

Common names: butterfly bush, tall wild violet, Louw Alberts' wild violet (Eng.); langbeen skoenlapperbos, Louw Alberts-se-wilde viooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

21 / 09 / 2009 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Coleus livingstonei

Common names: hedgehog sage, large hedgehog flower, prickly sage, blue boys, nettle-leaf pycnostachys, dark blue pycnostachys (Eng.); ystervarksalie, groot ystervar

Family: Lamiaceae

16 / 03 / 2009 | Mandisa Kondlo | Walter Sisulu NBG

Salvia disermas

Common names: wild giant sage, Transvaal sage Eng.; grootsalie, teesalie Afr.; mogasane (Tswana)

Family: Lamiaceae

... var. angustifolia. Salvia is the largest genus in the Lamiaceae family. The genus Salvia consists of approximately ...

26 / 01 / 2009 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Karomia speciosa

Common names: southern chinese hats, wild parasol flower (Eng); sambreelboom (Afr). (= Holmskioldia speciosa )

Family: Lamiaceae

... will be. The family to which Karomia speciosa belongs, Lamiaceae, is also known as the Sage or Mint family. It is a ...

19 / 01 / 2009 | Lou-nita LeRoux | Lowveld NBG

Salvia lanceolata

Common names: rusty sage, lance-leaf sage (Eng.); rooisalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

01 / 09 / 2008 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lamiaceae

Common names: mint or sage family

Family: Lamiaceae

... National Herbarium, Pretoria July 2008 The species of Lamiaceae are mainly herbs or shrubs of various sizes, rarely ... the nutlets are winged ( Tinnea ). Worldwide the Lamiaceae, a member of the seed-forming, dicotyledonous ... and pollen to support bee colonies. Many species of the Lamiaceae are attractive to grow in the garden, for example ...

21 / 07 / 2008 | Elizabeth Retief | National Herbarium Pretoria

Syncolostemon teucriifolius

Common names: teucrium-leaved sagebush

Family: Lamiaceae

02 / 06 / 2008 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG

Plectranthus oertendahlii

Common names: silverleaf spurflower, Swedish ivy, Oertendahl's spurflower, November lights ( Eng. ); silwerspoorsalie, bontblaarspoorsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... on the leaves and stems. Typical of the wild sage family, Lamiaceae, the stems are square-shaped. It flowers from late ... flower), belongs to the large mint and sage family, Lamiaceae, known for its many medicinal and popular garden ...

05 / 05 / 2008 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Rotheca hirsuta

Common names: butterfly bush, Matabele violet, wild violet (Eng.); sigibanyongo (siSwati); khopha, mokata (Sotho); umathanjana, umathanjane, uSikisiki (Zulu)

Family: Lamiaceae

... molecular studies transferred to Rotheca under the family Lamiaceae. Rafinesque established the genus Rotheca in 1836. ...

04 / 02 / 2008 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Salvia africana

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

Family: Lamiaceae

07 / 01 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG