Plectranthus ecklonii

Aromatic, soft, erect, perennial shrublet, 70–250 cm high, semi-succulent distally; branches ascending, sparsely covered with short antrorse multicellular hairs and often with tufts of longer hairs at nodes, glabrescent with age. Leaves ovate to oblong-elliptic, lamina 6–17 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, firm-textured, often rugose, sparsely hairy to almost glabrous, with veins of abaxial surface more densely covered with appressed multicellular hairs and usually with sessile reddish-brown glands, apex acute, margin conspicuously crenate-dentate, with 16–25 pairs of teeth; petiole 1.5–5 cm long. Calyx c. 5 mm long (10–11 mm long in fruit); corolla 14–20 mm long, pale blue or mauve to bluish-purple (rarely white), tube straight, lobes usually with sessile glands. Flowers throughout the year.