''Otostegia'' is a

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, first described in 1834. It is native to eastern Africa and the

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species # '' Otostegia ellenbeckii'' Gürke - Ethiopia # '' Otostegia ericoidea'' Ryding - Somalia # '' Otostegia erlangeri'' Gürke - Ethiopia + Somalia # '' Otostegia fruticosa'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penzig - Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan # '' Otostegia hildebrandtii'' (Vatke & Kurtz) Sebald - Somalia # ''

Otostegia integrifolia ''Otostegia integrifolia'', more commonly known as Abyssinian rose, a plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae, is endemic to Ethiopia, in the dry evergreen woodlands of the Bale Mountains, Tigray, Gondar, Wollo and Gojjam regions, North Shewa, ...

'' Benth. - Ethiopia + Yemen # '' Otostegia migiurtiana'' Sebald - Somalia # '' Otostegia modesta'' S.Moore - Ethiopia + Somalia # '' Otostegia tomentosa'' A.Rich - Ethiopia + Somalia + Sudan

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