Orianthera pusilla

Perennial herb or weakly procumbent or trailing undershrub to c. 15 cm high; branches with a pair of longitudinal ridges between nodes. Leaves with petiole 1–3 mm long; lamina narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate, or oblong, 6–12 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, lower surface smooth, not papillate, base cuneate to attenuate, somewhat decurrent, margin slightly revolute, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescence 1-flowered; flowers unisexual. Calyx 3–5 mm long, lobes narrow-ovate; corolla 4–8 mm long, tube 3–4.8 mm long, longer than lobes, lobes ovate to elliptic, obtuse, outer surface glabrous, inner surface sparsely hairy in tube and on basal half of lobes, hairs thick and crinkled. Capsules 5–9 mm long. Flowers spring.