Plectranthus ornatus Codd

Perennial decumbent to trailing succulent herb, branching freely at the base, up to 0.3 m tall. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade succulent, drying thick-textured, obovate to broadly obovate, 20-30 x 15-25 mm, sparingly to fairly densely pubescent, under-surface with orange gland-dots, strongly veined, apex rounded, base cuneate, margin finely crenate-dentate in the upper half; petiole 2-10 mm long. Inflorescence a terminal dense spike-like raceme 40-60(-90) mm long; bracts forming a 4-angled apical coma, greenish white tipped with purple, early deciduous; flowers in 3-flowered sessile cymes, forming 6-flowered verticils; verticils crowded except for 1-3 shortly spaced below; pedicels erect. Calyx 6 mm long in fruit, similar to P. tetensis. Corolla bluish mauve with purple mottling on the upper lip, 20-25 mm long; tube slightly geniculate and expanding towards the throat; upper lip 6 mm long, lower lip boat-shaped, 12-15 mm long, sometimes bifurcate at the apex. Stamens 12-14 mm long, united at the base for 3-4 mm.