| Family | Lamiaceae (also placed in Verbenaceae) |
| Subfamily | Teucrioideae |
| Scientific name | Rotheca myricoides (Hochstetter) Steane & Mabberley |
| Synonyms | Clerodendrum dekindtii Gürke var. dinteri E. Thomas; Clerodendrum discolor (Klotzsch) Vatke var. oppositifolium E. Thomas; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke subsp. namibiense R. Fernandes; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke var. niansanum B. Thomas; Clerodendrum ugandense Prain; Siphonanthus myricoides (Hochstetter) Hiern; Spironema myricoides Hochstetter; Cyclonema myricoides (Hochstetter) Hochstetter |
| Common name | (English common name) blue butterfly flower |
| (Japanese common name) benkei-kusagi (ベンケイクサギ, 弁慶臭木) | |
| Distribution | Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire, Ghana, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland |
| Reference | Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. |
| Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. | |
| Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. var. myricoides | |
| Novel plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/133970) |
| October 2009 at Jindai Botanical Garden |
October 2009 at Jindai Botanical Garden |
| October 2009 at Jindai Botanical Garden |