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Accession Data:

Plectranthus saccatus Benth.

  • Common Name: Stoep Jacaranda, Spurflower
  • Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
  • Habitat: Growing in forests. It also grows in semi-shade and in rocky areas

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500428
  • Source: Unknown
  • Recorded Vouchers:
    1. Voucher 109993 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 14 April 1997. Herbarium Image
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1115 - AFR:East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Ocimeae
  • SubTribe: Plectranthinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2024
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2005

References (internal):

  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  3. Plectranthus saccatus at PlantzAfrica. Accessed 8 June 2015.

data regenerated on Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:33:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Pogostemoneae

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  • Rostrinucula dependens

Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Stachydeae

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Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae

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  • Menthinae: Thymus kotschyanus
  • Prunellinae: Prunella grandiflora
  • Salviinae: Rosmarinus officinalis
  • Salviinae: Salvia discolor
  • Salviinae: Salvia microphylla
  • Salviinae: Salvia officinalis
  • Salviinae: Salvia pinguifolia

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae

  • Lavandulinae: Lavandula angustifolia
  • Lavandulinae: Lavandula dentata
  • Ociminae: Ocimum tenuiflorum
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus amboinicus
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus neochilus
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus saccatus
  • Plectranthinae: Tetradenia riparia

Subfamily Prostantheroideae
Tribe Westringieae

  • Prostanthera rotundifolia
  • Westringia fruticosa

Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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  • Scutellaria purpurascens subsp. verecunda W/C
  • Scutellaria tuberosa W/C

Subfamily Symphorematoideae

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Subfamily Viticoideae

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  • Vitex agnus-castus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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