Author: | Carl
Ludwig von Willdenow, 1806 |
Family: |
LAMIACEAE |
Origin: |
Cook
Islands, Hawaii, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, New South
Wales + Victoria + Queensland; Australia, Tubuai Islands,
|
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
Height: |
50
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Light Blue |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Cockspur
Flower |
Synonyms: |
Moschosma polystachyum George Bentham,
Plectranthus
micranthus Spreng. 1825.
Basilicum polystachyon
Moench.
Plectranthus strigosus George Bentham.
Plectranthus australis, R Brown, 1810.
Germanea australis, Britten.
Germanea parviflora, Poir.
Majana parviflora, Kuntze.
Moschosma brownii, Heynh.
Plectranthus australis f. densiflora, Domin.
Plectranthus australis var. vulgaris, Domin.
Plectranthus paniculatus, Jacq.
Plectranthus parviflorus var. australis, Briq.
Plectranthus parviflorus var. elatior, Benth.
Plectranthus sieberi, Benth. |
This member of the Lamiaceae
family was given this name by Carl
Ludwig von Willdenow in 1806. It is found on Hawai'i,
French Polynesia and in Australia; New South Wales,
Queensland, Victoria and in Indonesia; Irian Jaya, Lesser Sunda Islands.
It grows in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The
plant can grow to 50 centimetres in high with a base around ten
centimetres. The flowers are light blue, and besides from seeds, it
can easily be reproduced by cuttings.
The genera name from the Greek
plektron; 'spur' and anthos; 'flower', referring to the
spurred flowers. The species name from Latin parvus; 'small',
and florus; 'flowered'. |