Spurflower
Plectranthus
Habitat is open mixed woodland and pasture on the rim of Menangai Crater, Kenya. March 2013.
LEAVES: The opposite leaves are triangular to ovate, thick, leathery and
with prominent impressed veins on upper surface. The margins have blunt
serrations and both surfaces are covered with long hairs.
SHRUBBY: Herbaceous growth from woody lower portion; the stems are
angled and densely covered with long, brownish hairs. Plants were mostly about
1 to 1½ meters tall.
FLOWERS: The flowers are arranged in rings about an upright spike. Each
flower is bilaterally symmetric with a distinct dorsal spur. White flowers are
subtended by bracts with a lavender-brown cast.
RANGE:
FRUIT:
UNARMED.
