Coleus scutellarioides

Coleus scutellarioides
A coleus naturalized in Puerto Rico
Two cultivars
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Coleus
Species:	C. scutellarioides
Binomial name
Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.
Synonyms[1]
Calchas acuminatus (Benth.) P.V.Heath Calchas atropurpureus (Benth.) P.V.Heath Calchas crispipilus (Merr.) P.V.Heath Calchas scutellarioides (L.) P.V.Heath Coleus acuminatus Benth. Coleus atropurpureus Benth. Coleus berkeleyi T.Moore Coleus blancoi Benth. Coleus blumei Benth. Coleus crispipilus (Merr.) Merr. Coleus dixii T.Moore Coleus formosanus Hayata Coleus gaudichaudii Briq. Coleus gibbsiae S.Moore Coleus gibsonii J.J.Veitch Coleus grandifolius Blanco Coleus grandifolius Benth. Coleus hybridus Cobeau Coleus igolotorum Briq. Coleus ingratus (Blume) Benth. Coleus integrifolius Elmer Coleus laciniatus (Blume) Benth. Coleus marshallii T.Moore Coleus multiflorus Benth. Coleus pubescens Merr. Coleus pumilus Blanco Coleus rehneltianus A.Berger Coleus ruckeri T.Moore Coleus saundersii T.Moore Coleus savannicola K.Schum. Coleus scutellarioides var. angustifolius Benth. Coleus scutellarioides var. laxus Benth. Coleus scutellarioides var. limnophilus Benth. Coleus secundiflorus Benth. Coleus veitchii Dombrain Coleus verschaffeltii Lem. Coleus zschokkei Merr. Germanea nudiflora Poir. Majana acuminata (Benth.) Kuntze Majana blancoi (Benth.) Kuntze Majana grandifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Majana multiflora (Benth.) Kuntze Majana pumila (Blanco) Kuntze Majana scutellariodes (L.) Kuntze Majana secundiflora (Benth.) Kuntze Ocimum peltatum Schweigg. ex Schrank Ocimum scutellarioides L. Perilla nankinensis Wender. Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb. Plectranthus blumei (Benth.) Launert Plectranthus ingratus Blume Plectranthus laciniatus Blume Plectranthus nudiflorus (Poir.) Willd. Plectranthus scutellarioides Blume Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br. Solenostemon blumei (Benth.) M.Gómez Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd

Coleus scutellarioides, commonly known as coleus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae (the mint or deadnettle family), native to southeast Asia through to Australia. Typically growing to 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tall and wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen perennial, widely grown for the highly decorative variegated leaves found in cultivated varieties.^[2] Another common name is painted nettle,^[3] reflecting its relationship to deadnettles (Lamium species), which are in the same family. (True nettles and their close kin are in the distant family Urticaceae.) The synonyms Coleus blumei, Plectranthus scutellarioides and Solenostemon scutellarioides are also widely used for this species.