Syncolostemon densiflorus Benth.

Shrub 1-2.2 m tall, sparingly branched; stems white tomentose. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate or broadly elliptic to rotund, 5-15 x 4-10 mm, scabrid to sub-glabrous, gland-dotted, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate, margin subentire or toothed above the middle; petiole 1-6 mm long. Inflorescence a dense, often compact, terminal panicle 50-160 mm long, 40-65 mm in diameter; verticils 4-6-flowered, 2-3 mm apart; bracts 3-5 x 3-4 mm. Calyx cylindrical, 10 mm long, teeth deltoid-subulate, subequal or with the uppermost shorter than the rest; tube glabrous in the throat. Corolla crimson, pink or rarely whitish, 18-23 mm long; tube 15-20 mm long, gradually widening to a truncate mouth 5-6 mm wide; lower lip 3-4 mm long, deflexed at maturity. Stamens well exserted, often coiled; 2 upper filaments attached below the middle of the corolla tube, puberulous near the base. Style well exserted.