Justicia tubulosa subsp. tubulosa

Sprawling or scrambling shrublets or perennial herbs, sometimes rooting at nodes, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves thinly to densely pubescent, hairs denser along margin, sometimes glandular, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 13-63 x 10-32 mm, apex obtuse to acute, base cuneate to slightly decurrent, leaves sometimes fleshy; petiole slender, 4-32 mm long. Inflorescence of sessile axillary cymes. Bract foIiose, ovate, petiolate, 2-17 x 1-9 mm. Bracteoles minute, subulate. Calyx as for genus. Corolla 13-31 mm long (tube and upper lip), tube 0.5-2.0 mm in diameter, corolla white to lilac with darker pink spotting in throat, lower lip 0.2-1.2 times length of tube. Pollen 2-colporate, with 2(3) rows of areoles. Capsule 4-seeded, up to 11 mm long, rarely with smaller, 4-winged, 1-seeded capsules present together with normal capsules. Seeds rough.