Muniria lanceolata

Description

Muniria lanceolata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of short, greyish, branched hairs and red flowers near the ends of the branches. Muniria lanceolata is shrub which grows to a height of 1–2 m (3–7 ft) and has branches that have four corners in cross-section. The branches, leaves and some of the flower parts are densely covered with short greyish, branched hairs. The leaves have a thin stalk 6–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long and an elliptic to lance-shaped blade 4–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 6–20 mm (0.2–0.8 in) wide. The leaves are dark green, and wrinkled on the upper surface.