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Aeollanthus haumannii

Common names: Otjihipa rock-sage (Eng.); Otjihipa-klipsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

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

Aeollanthus parvifolius

Common names: rock sage (Eng.), klipsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... by the Bentham in 1848. The genus Aeollanthus, family Lamiaceae, is African, with about 45 species. Many other ...

28 / 02 / 2005 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aeollanthus rydingianus

Common names: Omavanda rock-sage (Eng.); omavanda-klipsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

02 / 11 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Ballota africana

Common names: cat herb, Cape horehound (Eng.); kattekruie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... in the shade of other bigger shrubs. Typical of the family Lamiaceae, the stems are square-shaped and the leaves are ...

23 / 08 / 2004 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Clerodendron glabrum

Common names: tinderwood (Eng.); moswaapeba (Sotho); tontelhout (Afr.); munukha-tshilongwe (Venda); umqwaqwanam (Xhosa); umQoqonga (Zulu); xinhunwelambeva (Tswana);

Family: Lamiaceae

27 / 08 / 2012 | Lufuno Nenungwi | Walter Sisulu NBG

Coleus amboinicus

Common names: African thyme, French thyme, country borage, Indian borage, Indian mint, broad-leaf thyme, soup mint (Eng.); Afrika-tiemie, krui-spoorsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... the garden. Coleus amboinicus belongs to the mint family (Lamiaceae), a large family of about 7 000 species and 240 ...

04 / 05 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Coleus genus

Coleus hadiensis 'Penge' (Photo Alice Notten)

Common names: coleus

Family: Lamiaceae

08 / 06 / 2020 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Coleus grandidentatus

Common names: big-teeth coleus, scented-leaf coleus (Eng.); groottandsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... are found in Afromontane Forest. Coleus belongs in the Lamiaceae, a family famous for the large number of plants ...

19 / 12 / 2011 | Kyle Smith | Kirstenbosch NBG

Coleus hadiensis

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

Coleus kirkii

Common names: prickly sage, blue soldier sage (Eng.); stekelsalie (Afr.); umvuthuza, uhlalawane (Zulu)

Family: Lamiaceae

29 / 03 / 2004 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Coleus madagascariensis

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