Family: Lamiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Oahu and Maui (Hawaiian Islands), Australia, and elsewhere
  
• A potential environmental weed in Australia, controlled in certain situations
  
• Other Plectranthus species are invasive
  
• Shade-tolerant (could invade intact forest undetstory)
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by stem fragments (roots at nodes)
  
• Able to reach maturity in one growing season
  
• Spread unintentionally by disposed garden waste and intentionally cultivated
  
• Tolerates repeated cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control