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habit (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
leaves (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
flower cluster (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
close-up of flowers (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
Scientific Name
Plectranthus ecklonii Benth.
Family
Labiatae (South Australia)Lamiaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)
Common Names
blue spur flower, blue spurflower, cockspur flower, large spur-flower bush, large spur-flowered bush, mauve plectranthus, plectranthus, purple plectranthus, spur flower, Swedish begonia
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in some parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in southern Victoria and the coastal districts of central New South Wales).
Notes
Blue spur flower (Plectranthus ecklonii) is regarded a minor environmental weed in Victoria and as a potential environmental weed or "sleeper weed" in other parts of southern Australia.
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