Characteristics
Dicots
Coleus australis (R.Br.)A.J.Paton
LITTLE SPURFLOWER; SWEDISH IVY
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This species is now placed in Coleus, following the taxonomy of Paton et al. (2019) that recognizes Plectranthus as distinct from Coleus. While this species was recognized as P. parviflorus in Plectranthus, the earliest available name in Coleus is C. australis.
Not Native
Citation
COLEUS AUSTRALIS (R. Brown) A. J. Paton, in A. J. Paton et al., Phytokeys 129: 21. 2019
Plectranthus australis R. Brown 1810.
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Port Jackson, 17 May 1802, Brown s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotypes: BRI, E, K). Lectotypified by S. T. Blake, Contr. Queensland Herb. 9: 35. 1971.