It is native to rock outcrops and rainforest in the border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

The hairs give the plant an overall sage green to silvery colour.

The flowers are borne on terminal racemes up to 30 cm (12 in) long, and are bluish white.

[2] [3] Originally described by Queensland botanist Stanley Thatcher Blake, its specific epithet argentatus is Latin for "silver",[4] referring to its foliage.

Coleus argentatus is cultivated in temperate regions as an ornamental bedding plant for its attractive silvery foliage.