General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Coleus
  • Flame Nettle
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-08-10
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-08-11
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-08-11
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2007-09-05
Location: Helena, AL
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-08-11
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
probably a cutting
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