Plectranthus praetermissus Codd

Perennial herb, freely branched, 0.2-0.5 m tall; stems decumbent, rooting at the lower nodes, shortly pubescent. Leaves petiolate; blade drying thin-textured, ovate to subrotund, 40-65 x 40-60 mm, sparingly pubescent, dark green, under-surface with numerous brown to reddish gland-dots, apex obtuse to rounded, base truncate to abruptly attenuate, margin obscurely crenate-dentate; petiole 20-30 mm long. Inflorescence simple or sparingly branched near the base; flowers in sessile, usually 3-flowered cymes, forming 2-6-flowered verticils 10-30 mm apart. Calyx up to 10 mm long in fruiting stage, glandular-hispidulous. Corolla mauve to violet with darker blotches on the lips; tube 12-15 mm long, expanding abruptly and forming a saccate base about 4 mm deep; narrowing gradually to 1.5-2 mm at the throat; upper lip 5 mm long; lower lip concave, 4 mm long. Stamens free, distinctly of 2 lengths, upper pair 1.5-2 mm long, lower pair 4-5 mm long.