Syncolostemon parviflorus E.Mey. ex Benth.

Herb or soft shrublet 0.4-1 m tall; stems few to several arising annually from a woody rootstock, slender, sparingly branched, with tufts of leaves along the stem. Leaves subsessile; blade greenish or drying blackish, elliptic-obovate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 12-32 x 2-12 mm, hispidulous to fairly densely appressed pubescent, apex rounded to acute, base cuneate, margin with occasional teeth near the apex of larger leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle 120-250 mm long; verticils 2-flowered, up to 20 mm apart; bracts 3-4 mm long. Calyx 5-6 mm long, becoming subrotund; tube setose in the throat. Corolla white or flushed with pink, rarely reddish pink, 10-12 mm long; tube 7-9 mm long; lower lip 3 mm long. Stamens well exserted; 2 upper filaments attached near the base of the corolla tube, with a few hairs near the base. Style well exserted.