Family:  Mint (Lamiaceae)

Fast-growing annual.  Flowers in 60 days.

(Lion’s Ear, Klip Dagga) Self-seeding annual native to East and South Africa. Highly decorative, multi stemmed, with bristling whorls of long-tubed and curving orange flowers to 10 feet tall. Traditional usage (African tribal): The orange flowers are a smokable euphoric, source of phytocannabinoids.  The leaf material was traditionally used as a poultice or decoction for treating insect stings and bites of venemous snakes, wounds, boils, eczema and other skin diseases.  Taken internally for the treatment of malaria, diabetes, also demonstrating a cardiotonic and hypotensive effect.  Coughs, colds, influenza, bropnchitis, asthma and viral hepatitis.  Source of diterpenoic marrubiin. Plant prefers sun and regular garden soils.  Space plants 2 feet apart.

Potted plant, Certified Organically Grown