Diastella myrtifolia Salisb.

An erect to suberect, densely branched shrub, the lower branches somewhat sprawling; 0.5-1 m in height, up to 2 m in diam. Stems puberulous, 2 mm in diam. Leaves oblong to narrowly elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long, 0.2-0.6 cm wide, usually entire with a single apical callous, occasionally with 2-3 teeth; softly puberulous, becoming glabrescent with age. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, usually solitary, but occasionally with up to 76 mmflorescences per flowering shoot; broadly campanulate, 1.5 cm in diam. Involucral bracts oblong, 5-10 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, foliaceous, sparsely sericeous, margins ciliate, apex obtuse; forming a biseriate, campanulate involucre. Floral bracts erect, linear acute, 8-10 mm long, 1 mm wide, densely sericeous. Perianth straight 6-8 mm long, the abaxial segment elongating at anthesis, claws sericeous, limbs glabrescent but crinite at apex; tube 2 mm long, glabrescent proximally. Style straight or slightly curved, 8 mm long, tapering subterminally. Pollen presenter linear, obtuse, 0.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, puberulous, 1 mm long. Hypogynous scales linear, subulate. Fruits grey, ovoid, 5-6 mm long, 3 mm wide, minutely puberulous. The pink inflorescences are produced mainly from September to January.