Top

Scientific Name
Family
Common Names
Origin
Naturalised Distribution
Notes
Print Fact Sheet
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYXZ

Click on images to enlarge

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)

Plectranthus ecklonii

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.