(Lycenidae) uses the foliage as a larval food plant.

Cultivation

Leonotis leonurus is cultivated as an ornamental plant for its copious orange blossom spikes, and is used as specimen shrub or a screen in gardens and parks. It is moderately drought tolerant, and a nectar source for birds and butterflies in landscape settings. It was introduced to Europe in the 1600s.

Lion's ear can be found introduced as an ornamental plant

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