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Plectranthus cremnus plant2

Native, yearlong green, perennial, prostrate to decumbent, pleasantly aromatic (Geranium-like odour), moderately to densely hairy herb. Leaves are decussate and have 15–25 mm long petioles; lamina are depressed to very broadly ovate, 35–40 mm long and 45–50 mm wide; margins are bicrenate with 7–10 rounded teeth. Flowerheads are compact cymose clusters. Calyces have a maroon outer surface or are partly green. Corollas are tubular, 2-lobed and 6 mm long; the tube is white and lobes bright blue with a purple tinge; upper lobes ± erect; lower lobes extended forward. Stamens have a purple tinge. Flowering is throughout year. A rare ROTAP species, which grows in shallow sandy soils of rocky coastal headlands on the North Coast of NSW.

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Uploaded on May 2, 2015
Taken on May 9, 2009