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| name = ''Leonotis''
| name = ''Leonotis''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| common_names = Lion's Ear, Lion's Tail
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = shrub or herbaceous
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| lifespan = perennial or annual
| exposure = <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| exposure = <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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Leonotis (Greek, lion's ear, which the flowers are supposed to resemble). ''Labiate''. Lion's Ear. Lion's Tail. This includes a tender shrub with scarlet-orange, gaping flowers, cultivated outdoors in southern Florida and southern California.; and it is an excellent winter bloomer under glass.
Annual or perennial herbs, coarse and tall: Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate: flowers. white or yellow in very dense axillary whorls; calyx 8-10-ribbed, the tube arched and funnel-shaped; corolla-tube as long as calyx; upper lip long and concave, outside hairy; lower lip deflexed, the 3 lobes nearly equal; stamens 4, arched, didynamous; style 2-lobed. Species about 20 in Trop. and S. Africa, one more widely dispersed.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
