Syncolostemon canescens (Gürke) D.F.Otieno

Herb, probably a weak perennial, 0.3-0.6 m tall, woody below and often branched; stems spreading to ascending, shortly greyish-tomentose, hairs often crisped or occasionally sparse but not villous. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiol-ate; blade linear or linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or rarely ovate-lanceolate, 25-55 x 3-15 mm, densely grey-tomentose on both surfaces to sparingly crisped tomentulose, apex acute, base cuneate to attenuate, margin finely to fairly coarsely toothed in the upper half; petiole up to 5 mm long. Inflorescence simple to paniculate, lax, 70-250 mm long; verticils 4-6-flowered; bracts early deciduous, small, c. 2 x 1 mm. Calyx 7-8 mm long at maturity, glandular-tomentulose to hispidulous. Corolla white to pale mauve or purplish, 14-17 mm long; tube 10-13 mm long, expanding to 3-4 mm wide at the mouth; lower lip 3-4 mm long. Stamens well exserted beyond the lower lip; upper pair attached about 4 mm from the base of the tube, filaments puberulous near the base; lower pair united for most of their length. Stigma somewhat clavate.