Global InformationColeus argentatus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Coleus |
| Species: | C. argentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleus argentatus (S.T.Blake) P.I.Forst. & T.C.Wilson
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Coleus argentatus, synonym Plectranthus argentatus,[1] common name silver spurflower, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native to rock outcrops and rainforest in the border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall and broad, it is a spreading deciduous shrub. The hairy leaves are ovate to broad-ovate, 5–11.5 cm long, 3–5.5 cm wide with crenate margins. The hairs give the plant an overall sage green to silvery colour. The flowers are borne on terminal racemes up to 30 cm (12 in) long, and are bluish white.[2] [3]
Originally described by Queensland botanist Stanley Thatcher Blake, its specific epithet argentatus is Latin for "silver",[4] referring to its foliage.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
PatoMwanGovaSmit19was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ Plant profile, NSW Flora Online
- ^ Simpson DP (1979). Cassell's Latin Dictionary (5 ed.). London: Cassell Ltd. ISBN 0-304-52257-0.