Botanical name: Plectranthus verticillatus    Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Ocimum verticillatum, Ocimum racemosum, Plectranthus thunbergii

Whorlflower Swedish Ivy is an aromatic soft herb 10-30 cm tall with a spread of about 60 cm. Flowers are 1-2.5 cm long, white, often speckled; tube 4-16 mm long, straight, laterally compressed, 2-3 mm broad, almost linear; base slightly sac-like. Sepal-cup 3 mm long enlarging to 5 mm. Flowers are borne at branch-ends, in whorls on racemes 5-26 cm long, often with paired side branches at the base. Glossy, soft, round to obovate leaves are light to dark green above, sometimes deep purple below, semi-fleshy, 6.4-9 cm across, with rounded toothed to broadly-toothed margins borne on rectangular stems. Stems are short, bristly. Whorlflower Swedish Ivy is native to S. Mozambique to S. Africa, cultivated in India.

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