Dasymalla teckiana

Description

Dasymalla teckiana is an openly branched shrub which grows to a height of 0.3–0.9 m (1–3 ft) and which is sticky due to the glandular hairs which cover its branches. Its leaves are stalkless, have their base partly wrapped around the stem, oval to egg-shaped, 0.8–2.5 cm (0.3–1 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) wide. They are sticky, glabrous and green with a few blunt teeth along their edges near the ends. The flowers are white and mauve, purple, lilac or violet and are usually arranged singly in upper leaf axils on a stalk 1–3 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long and covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are surrounded by green, leafy, oblong bracts, 4–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long and green, hairy, glandular bracteoles 2.5–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long. The five sepals are 5–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and sticky with linear lobes and joined to form a short tube near their bases. The five petals are joined to form a tube 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long with a few hairs on the outside and glabrous inside except for a densely hairy ring around the ovary. There are five lobes on the end of the petal tube, the lower one elliptic to almost round and slightly larger than the other four lobes