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Coleus fredericii

Family LamiaceaeGenus Coleus

A rounded spike of blue-violet tubular flowers above a cone of dark purple buds, on a leafy stem
FlowerPictured: Coleus livingstonei, a relativeTony RebeloCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Flower
Violet-blueRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
AngolaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • First described by John Isaac Briquet in 1894 as Neomuellera welwitschii, this plant was moved to Plectranthus in 1972, and then to Coleus after a 2018 study revived that genus. Because Coleus welwitschii was already taken, it needed a new name. Wikipedia: Coleus fredericii

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 1095 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

about 3 years from start to sowing. Then 8 days to germinate.

100% germination in 6–8 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Coleus p. 25Public domain
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Coleus (Lamiaceae). C. frederici DS 3 y germ. 70L(100% in 6-8 d) and 70D(none).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Coleus p. 25. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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