Plectranthus ciliatus E.Mey.

Herb or subshrub with stems trailing or straggling and densely clothed in purple hairs. Petioles 2–3.5 cm long, purple. Lamina 5–12 × 3.5–7 cm, broad-ovate, shining, purple below, dotted with glands, hairy, especially on veins, ciliate and serrate, except near narrow-cuneate base; apex acute. Infl. racemose, to 30 cm long, erect, sometimes with short lateral branches near base; peduncles and pedicels with purple hairs. Bracts ovate, acuminate, with purple cilia, otherwise almost glabrous. Calyx 3–5 mm long, accrescent, ciliate; upper lip ovate; lower lip with linear-subulate teeth. Corolla white with purple dots inside lower lip; tube 8–10 mm long; base ± saccate; upper lip 10–12 mm long, 2-lobed with small lateral lobes; lower lip c. 8 mm long, boat-shaped, ± horizontal. Stamens free at base, ± exserted, longest c. 8 mm long. Style 8–10 mm long, exserted. Nutlets c. 1.5 mm diam., ± subglobose, dark brown.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Dec.–Aug.