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painted nettle

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Noun1.painted nettle - perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowerspainted nettle - perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon
coleus, flame nettle - any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers


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Byline: Bill Chudziak The Victorians loved coleus - best known as flame or painted nettles - because of their vivid hues and highly contrasting leaf patterns.
 
 
 
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