Leonotis nepetifolia(L.) R.Br.

lion's ear

WFO wfo-0000224588 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 204058721
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. b Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195407317
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by David F. Belmonte
fig. c David F. Belmonte, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187826988
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Presha Soogrim
fig. d Presha Soogrim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195576772
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Dan Schofield
fig. e Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186727967
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. f Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195400748
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. g Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 191976386
Leonotis nepetifolia, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. h Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195422770

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Flowering n = 2,065 observations

Peak flowering in Dec, from 2,065 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Leonotis africana (P.Beauv.) Briq.
  • Leonotis kwebensis N.E.Br.
  • Leonotis ovata Bojer
  • Leonotis pallida (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.
  • Leonurus globosus Moench
  • Leonurus nepetifolius (L.) Mill.
  • Phlomis africana P.Beauv.
  • Phlomis nepetifolia L.
  • Phlomis pallida Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Phlomis spinosa Vand.
  • Stachys mediterranea Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.