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(No known Hawaiian name)LamiaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)UncommonKauai (Cultivated)Phyllostegia is a near endemic Hawaiian genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. There is one species in Tahiti, (Phyllostegia tahitensis), one in Tonga (P. tongaensis), and 32 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Phyllostegia are among the over 60 species of Hawaiian scentless mints, found nowhere else on the planet!
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Native from Texas to southern Mexico. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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A medicinal species of Africa and India, and planted in Brazil. Here in Malawi it is known as Forskohli, and is a source of Forskolin which messes with peoples hormones and inter-cell communications. Also called the Blue Spur Flower.
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La Boudiniere, La Brenne, France
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina, US
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Cumberland River flood plain, Montgomery County, Tennessee, US
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Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural Area, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Phinahina or Beach vitexLamiaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oahu (Cultivated)Phinahina leaves are aromatic with a sage-like spicy odor when crushed and smelling much like the simpleleaf vitex (Vitex trifolia) frequently used in Hawaiian landscaping as hedges.Other descriptions of the leaf fragrance are black pepper, basil, minty, and fir trees or "like being in a forest."NPH00001
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia
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Guacimal, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Suwannee Canal
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Originating from the Venezuelan highlands. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
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Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'. Photographed in a private garden in El Cerrito, CA.
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Orinda, California, United States
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White Teak is a large tree with valuable wood, and these are the fallen flowers. It is native to southeastern Asia, but has been planted widely, with photo from the Canal Zone of Panama.
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Known as Mountain Sage, native to Mexico and southern U.S. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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A source of the chemical Forskolin, and known as Forskohli. Reported from Africa and India, here in Tanzania. Those leaves give it the local name of Kikuyu Toilet Paper.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States