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Leonotis leonurus

Plant
Common names: wild dagga, lion's ear, leonotis (Eng.); wildedagga, duiwelstabak (Afr); imvovo, utywala-bengcungcu, umfincafincane, umunyamunya (isiXhosa); umfincafincane, umcwili, imunyane, utshwala-bezinyoni (isiZulu)
Family: Lamiaceae

wild dagga, lion's ear, leonotis (Eng.); wildedagga, duiwelstabak (Afr); imvovo, ... in cross section.  The stems are brittle and can break in strong winds. The narrowly lanceolate 50-100 mm green leaves ... known. The white flowered from was described as Leonotis leonurus var. albiflora Benth, and is still widely cultivated ...

04/05/2015 | | National Herbarium Pretoria, Walter Sisulu NBG

Leonotis ocymifolia

Plant
Common names: rock lion's paw, minaret flower (Eng.); klipdagga, wildedagga (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... (Eng.); klipdagga, wildedagga (Afr.) Harold Porter NBG Leonotis ocymifolia has a similar growth form to L. leonurus . It is a roughly hairy shrub and grows to a height ... can be watered up to 3 or 4 times a week. The genus name Leonotis is derived from Greek, leon meaning ‘lion’ and ...

14/12/2020 | | Harold Porter NBG

Lamiaceae

Plant
Common names: mint or sage family
Family: Lamiaceae

... axillary cymes (verticillasters), e.g. in the white Leonotis , or are sometimes single in the axils of the ... grow in the garden, for example the genus Plectranthus . Leonotis leonurus is grown as an ornamental in various parts of the ...

21/07/2008 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Leonotis leonurus

Information Library item
Author: Scott G., Springfield E.P.   |   Date: 2004
Source: 1   |   Copyright: South African National Biodiversity Institute, South African Medical Research Council, University of the Western Cape

... eczema, skin rashes and boils. Scott G. Springfield E.P. Leonotis leonurus medicinal plants South African National Biodiversity ... Medical Research Council University of the Western Cape Leonotis leonurus ...

Leonotis leonurus, medicinal plants

Coleus kirkii

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

... When they are both not in flower, it could be mistaken for Leonotis leonurus (Lion’s Ear, Wild Dagga) as they have a similar ...

29/03/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Coleus tenuicaulis

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

... plants includes Aloe palmifrons , Agapanthus spp., Leonotis leonurus , Merwilla plumbea and Kniphofia spp. Plants have ...

08/10/2018 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Artemisia afra

Plant
Common names: wild wormwood, African wormwood (Eng.); wilde-als (Afr.); umhlonyane (isiXhosa); mhlonyane (isiZulu); lengana (Tswana); zengana (Southern Sotho)
Family: Asteraceae

... shoot from the main stems. The stems are ribbed with strong swollen lines that run all the way up. The soft leaves ... wild sages Hemizygia obermeyerae , Orthosiphon labiatus , Leonotis leonurus and Syncolostemon densiflorus , which make very ...

19/04/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Phymaspermum acerosum

Plant
Common names: geelblombos (Afr.), isibhaha-segceke, umhlonishwa (Zulu)
Family: Asteraceae

... area. Phymaspermum acerosum planted en masse with Leonotus leonurus and different types of sagebushes such as Hemizygia ...

21/07/2008 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Chrysocoma coma-aurea

Plant
Common names: golden heads, golden bitter bush, golden cowcud (Eng.); bitterbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... , Pelargonium , Aristea and Salvia and Myrsine africana , Leonotis leonurus , Euryops abrotanifolius and Struthiola myrsinites , ...

29/12/2014 | | Harold Porter NBG

Dimorphotheca tragus

Plant
Common names: ox-eye daisy, Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, African daisy (Eng.); jakkalsbossie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... sinuata , Senecio littoreus and Ursinia calenduliflora . Leonotis leonurus , Nemesia strumosa , Chasmanthe floribunda and ...

31/10/2016 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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