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Coleus barbatus var. grandis

Plectranthus grandis.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Plectranthus grandis inflorescence.<br>Photographer: Richard Hursthouse, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Plectranthus grandis close up of flowering inflorescence, Mt Albert, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Plectranthus grandis showing growth form.<br>Photographer: Richard Hursthouse, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

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Common names

plectranthus

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Blue, Violet/Purple

Detailed description

Soft wooded aromatic shrub up to 3 m high. Young shoots and leaves white-tomentose, becoming grey. Leaves 6-20 by 4-13 cm, on petioles of up to 4 cm. Inflorescence a simple raceme, or with short lateral branches, corolla deep blue.

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Coleus

Family

Lamiaceae

Authority

Coleus barbatus var. grandis (L.H.Cramer) A.J.Paton

Synonyms

Plectranthus grandis (Cramer) Willems

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Year naturalised

1988

Origin

E Africa?

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial

Other information

Etymology

barbatus: From the Latin ‘barbus’, meaning bearded or provided with tufts of long weak hairs

grandis: Big

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