Stachys cuneata Banks ex Benth.

Shrub 0.6-1 m tall, branched; stems densely covered with a thick whitish felt-like tomentum, becoming grey with age. Leaves subsessile; blade thick-textured, obovate to oblanceolate, 10-30 x 5-10 mm, upper surface rugose, grey-green and finely (sometimes sparsely) stellate-tomentose to grey felted, paler grey-felted beneath, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate, margin finely to coarsely crenate, especially in the upper two-thirds. Inflorescence of several 2(-6)-flowered verticils in the axils of the upper leaves, or upper leaves becoming smaller and bract-like. Calyx densely stellate-tomentose, strongly ribbed, 6-8 mm long. Corolla pink, mauve or purple; tube 6-8 mm long, slightly curved; upper lip concave, 3-4 mm long; lower lip horizontal, 6-7 mm long.