Lobostemon curvifolius H.Buek

Resprouting shrub, 30-60 cm high. Branches caulous to acrocaulous, antrorse, herbaceous branches hairy, woody branches glabrescent. Leaves herbaceous, cauline, transversely incurved, longitudinally straight to slightly naviculate, dead basal leaves not persistent, (20-)30-42(-44) x (4-)6-8(-9) mm, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, adaxially and abaxially copiously hairy, indumentum mostly appressed, hairs similar in length, trichomes simple or pustular; leaf margin entire; apex acuminate to acute; mid-vein abaxially prominent. Inflorescence of many flowered, compound cincinni, young flowering axis compact, flower buds loosely arranged to form a globose unit, spreading slightly in fruiting stage. Bracts (9-)10-14(-16) x (2-)3-4(-5) mm, lanceolate. Flowers large (anterior petals longer than 30 mm), more than three per cymule, funnel-shaped. Sepals narrowly oblong to lanceolate, half of to more than half of corolla length, similar in width, free, adaxially and abaxially copiously hairy, non-velutinous; young apices incurved to applanate, brown trichomes on the adaxial surface present. Petals dissimilar, the anterior petal lobes larger than the rest, posterior petals ca. 25-26 mm long, posterior petal lobes ca. 4-5 mm long, anterior petals ca. 27-28 mm long, anterior petal lobes ca. 5-6 mm long, predominantly violet-blue to pink; abaxially hairy, hairs evenly spread. Stamens dissimilar in length, mostly included in adult flowers; anthers dorsifixed; filaments shortly adnate (<5 mm) or long adnate (>5 mm) above staminal scales. Staminal scales inserted well below the throat of the corolla tube, 3 mm above the base of the corolla tube, reduced to ridges, rounded, lateral lobes wanting, villous, area between scales also hairy. Style median sections hairy. Mericarpids ovoid-trigonous; tuberculate; hairs absent; lateral ridges inconspicuous; dorsal side acute; dorsal keel prominent; ventral keel inconspicuous.