Tall Wild dagga (Leonotis nepetifolia) - Lion's ear - 5g

Annual
Klip Dagga, also known as Lion's Ear, Shandilay (Trinidad), Christmas Candlestick (America) and Grantiparani (India), is originally from Africa and southern India.
It has become naturalized in subtropical and tropical areas all over the world and is often found along roadsides and in abandoned fields where it can grow up to 3m tall.
Klip Dagga is an erect, loosely branched annual with strongly angled stems (square in the cross section) and the leaves are smooth, triangular in shape and in pairs opposite each other.
Flowers are borne in rounded, spiny clusters that encircle the stems so that it looks like the stems are growing right through the middle of the clusters.
As the stems elongate, new flower clusters continue to develop above the older ones.
The tubular flowers that peek out of the spiny heads are orange and furry, like a lion's ear - they are about 2.5 cm long and curve downward.
Klip Dagga is drought tolerant once established and they need full sun or light shade.
There can be confusion between Klip Dagga Leonotis nepetifolia and Wild Dagga (Leonotis leonurus) as they look similar and are called the same common names: Lion's Ear and Wild Dagga.
The difference between the two plants is that Klip Dagga has leaves like Catnip (Nepeta cataria) and Wild Dagga has leathery leaves.
For both species, leaf shape varies depending where it is on the stem; higher up, it is narrow and long.
The flowers of both plants are popular with sugarbirds.

Ornamental Herb

A very striking and usual looking plant, with a lovely arrangement of quite alien-looking flowers.

The dried foliage of Leonotis - both Wild Dagga and Klip Dagga - can be used as a relaxing tea or herbal smoke.

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