Common name
German: Duftender Schneckenfaden
German: Duftender Schneckenfaden
Kingdom: Plantae (2624)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2527)
Class: Liliopsida (388)
Order: Commelinales (21)
Family: Commelinaceae (21)(family description)
Genus: Cochliostema (1)
Epithet: odoratissimum Lem. (1)
Synonyms: Cochliostema jacobianum K.Koch & Linden, Cochliostema odoratum K.Koch
odoratissimum => of very sweet odour
odoratum => sweet-smelling
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white