| Scientific Name: | Coleus scutellarioides ( syn. Solenostemon scutellarioides ) hybrids & cvs. |
| Common Name: | coleus |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Medicinal plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Succulent, Oblanceolate, Crenate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Blue, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Opposite leaves are crenate, puckered, and come in a large range of colours and shapes; stem 4-sided. | |