Plectranthus montanus Benth.

Perennial succulent plant forming a dense cluster of basal leaves from which arise annually several to many stems; stems erect or decumbent, 0.6-1.5 m long, finely pubescent. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade fleshy, drying thin or thick-textured, broadly obovate to oblong-obovate, 25-50 x 15-40 mm, tomentulose on both surfaces, under-surface with pale to yellow gland-dots; apex obtuse, base cuneate, margin with few, irregular teeth. Inflorescence terminal, subspicate, dense or interrupted, 80-350 mm long, usually with 1-several pairs of branches; flowers in dense, villous, many-flowered, opposite and decussate, subsessile dichasia. Calyx 3 mm long in fruit, slightly curved upwards, villous, 5-toothed, the uppermost tooth distinctly larger than the rest. Corolla pale mauve and white, whitish or occasionally yellowish, 4-5 mm long; tube straight, expanding slightly towards the throat; upper lip 1 mm long, lower lip concave, 2 mm long, both lips pubescent. Stamens free to the base, 2.5-4 mm long.

Rock outcrops, dry Acacia-Commiphora bushland and dry evergreen bushland; at elevations from 500-2,400 metres, occasionally descending to 250 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.