{"id":1601,"date":"2010-10-28T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T02:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeofhawaii.com\/flowers\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2011-07-22T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T00:39:10","slug":"solenostemon-scutellarioides-coleus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeofhawaii.com\/flowers\/1601\/solenostemon-scutellarioides-coleus\/","title":{"rendered":"Solenostemon scutellarioides – Coleus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Solenostemon<\/p>\n

\"Solenostemon<\/p>\n

\"Solenostemon<\/p>\n

\"Solenostemon<\/p>\n

Plant Name<\/p>\n

Scientific Name:<\/span> Solenostemon scutellarioides<\/em><\/p>\n

Synonyms:<\/span> Coleus blumei<\/em>, C. pumilus<\/em>, C. scutellarioides<\/em>, Ocimum scutellarioides<\/em>, Plectranthus blumei<\/em>, P. scutellarioides<\/em><\/p>\n

Common Names:<\/span> Coleus, Common Coleus, Painted Nettle<\/p>\n

Plant Characteristics<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/span> Perennial<\/p>\n

Growth Habit:<\/span> Herb\/Forb<\/p>\n

Hawaii Native Status:<\/span> Introduced. This naturalized ornamental garden plant, tropical foliage plant, and houseplant is native to Southeast Asia and Malesia.<\/p>\n

Flower Color:<\/span> Purple to violet<\/p>\n

Height:<\/span> Up to 3 feet (0.9 m) tall<\/p>\n

Description:<\/span> The flowers are on tall, slender, branched inflorescences at the stem tips. The individual flowers are small, tubular, and 2-lipped with a broad upper lip and a boat-shaped lower lip. The leaves are opposite, toothed or lobed, oblong to egg-shaped, and either solid green or more commonly variegated with red, pink, orange, yellow, lime green, purple, brown, or creamy white. The stems are semi-succulent, upright, branched, and square in cross section.<\/p>\n

Here in Hawaii, Coleus is a common garden plant and also grows wild at the partly shady edges of disturbed wet to mesic (moderately wet) forests at low elevations. The plants can spread by seed or stem cuttings.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/p>\n

Kingdom:<\/span> Plantae – Plants
\nSubkingdom:<\/span> Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
\nSuperdivision:<\/span> Spermatophyta – Seed plants
\nDivision:<\/span> Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
\nClass:<\/span> Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
\nSubclass:<\/span> Asteridae
\nOrder:<\/span> Lamiales
\nFamily:<\/span> Lamiaceae – Mint family
\nGenus:<\/span> Solenostemon<\/em> Thonn. – solenostemon
\nSpecies:<\/span> Solenostemon scutellarioides<\/em> (L.) Codd – common coleus<\/p>\n

More About This Plant<\/p>\n

Hawaii County Distribution Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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