Help identifying
My mom has this plant in her coastal Southern California yard. She cuts it back to just about nothing every year and it grows back super healthy looking.
Here's a picture of its leaves and flower.
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A Lamiaceae. But I don't know which one. There is a lot of aromatic herb in this family, yet don't try to eat it if you are not 200% sure what it is.
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Spurflower. I think it's a type of lavender. Grows like a weed in Southern California, like Borage in Northern California.
I think you're right. A page I found that shows what I think it is (a Plectranthus zuluensis) also calls it a spurflower. Thanks for the response.
According to Google Lens, looks like a species of Plectranthus
PlantNet agrees
PlantNet wasn't giving me any real answer, but after responses on here I think you're right. It looks like a Plectranthus zuluensis.
That's definitely a Plectranthus, specifically looks like Plectranthus scutellarioides (formerly called Coleus) - they're super resilent and can be cut back hard each year, which is why your mom's plant thrives with that treatment.
After looking at photos, I don't think it's a Plectranthus scutellariodes, but a Plectranthus zuluensis. Thanks for the direction, my phone app was coming up with nothing.
Looks like a kind of friendship sage, but the flowers are wrong. Some type of sage for sure.