Syncolostemon cinereus (Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief

Branched shrub 0.4-1.5 m tall; stems grey tomentose. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade lanceolate-elliptic to oblanceolate-elliptic or linear-elliptic, 7-20 x 2-7 mm, densely stellate-tomentose on both surfaces, upper surface darker grey than the lower, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate, margin entire or minutely crenate-dentate above the middle; petiole 1-2 mm long. Inflorescence simple or sparingly branched near the base, 70-150 mm long; verticils 4-6-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, acute, 4-7 mm long, caducous. Calyx 5-7 mm long at maturity, villous and freely gland-dotted. Corolla pinkish to mauve, 8-11 mm long; tube 6-9 mm long, widening to 3 mm at the mouth; lower lip 2.5-3 mm long. Stamens well exserted beyond the lower lip; upper pair attached near the base of the corolla tube, filaments minutely pubescent near the base; lower pair united almost to the apex. Stigma shortly bifid.