Lasiosiphon kraussianus (Meisn.) Hutch. & Dalziel

Perennial, unbranched or branched herb with herbaceous or lignous stems up to 60 cm, high from a thick woody base. Branches glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1-2 mm long; leaf-blade narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, (13-)20-30 mm long, 3-8(-10) mm wide, to ovate, 30-45(-52) mm long, (10-)15-20(-24) mm wide, sometimes shortly mucronate, acute to obtuse, base tapering to rounded, larger leaves strongly nerved, glabrous to densely pubescent, often ciliate. Inflorescence capitate, terminal, 18-45(-72)-flowered; peduncle 1-12 cm long, glabrous or pubescent. Bracts 5-10(-12), lanceolate to ovate, obtuse to acuminate, 10-18(-21) mm long, 3-6 mm wide, leaf-like, glabrous to pubescent, green, persistent. Flowers orange or yellow, (4-)5-merous; pedicel 1-3 mm, tomentose and with a fringe of soft hairs at top. Calyx-tube 7-12(-15) mm long, densely pubescent above the articulation and with long sericeous hairs below; lobes lanceolate to ovate, rounded, usually ± emarginate, 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, densely pubescent on the outside, shining golden yellow inside. Petals very varied in shape, oblong to ovate, often ± emarginate, or lobed, 0-5-2 mm long, 0-5-1 mm wide, membranous, rarely glandular or lacking. Stamens subsessile, upper row usually exserted; anthers 0-5-1-5 mm long. Ovary pilose to densely sericeous; disc minute, ring-shaped; style 4-11 mm long; stigma papillate. Seed 2-2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide.

Frequent in savannah woodland, especially in N. Nigeria.

Can be grown by seedlings.