Flowers of this plant are very charming, they are gorgeous purple in the sun and a stunning lavender when back-lit. This photo was taken in the Po Lin Monastery here in Hong Kong.
A medicinal species of Africa and India, and planted in Brazil. Here in Malawi it is known as Forskohli, and is a source of Forskolin which messes with peoples hormones and inter-cell communications. Also called the Blue Spur Flower.
Plectranthus ciliatus, plectranthus (Plant, Lamiaceae), New Zealand: Naturalisedwhite flowersAvondale Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland City, Auckland Region, New Zealandclose up through 10x botanical hand lens
Summary[edit] Description: English: Plectranthus ciliatus in the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Date: 19 September 2016, 04:49:32. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.
Plectranthus caninus flower September 2014 U.K. Believed by some to deter cats from the flower bed, however it is not unusual to find a 'turd' beside it, proving that it does not work on every cat.