Rotheca myricoides
Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 4.0 m
- wide
- 2.5 m
Lamiaceae
Formerly Clerodendrum myricoides, Cyclonema myricoides, Cyrtostemma myricoides, Siphonanthus myricoides, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Eritrea to S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 4.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 2.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, purple, violet, blue, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -3.9 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 蓝蝴蝶, 杨梅叶大青
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Rotheca myricoides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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