Tetratheca labillardierei

Erect shrub to c. 1 m high; stems densely hairy with fine, white, usually retrorse hairs and larger glandular setae to c. 2 mm long. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite, oblanceolate to c. orbicular, 2–20 mm long, 1–5(–10) mm wide, apex acute or obtuse, incurved, margins toothed, flat to revolute, both surfaces usually with fine, white hairs and glandular hairs. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered; peduncles 3–7 mm long, with simple and glandular hairs. Sepals broad-lanceolate to orbicular, 1.5–3 mm long, persistent in fruit; petals broad-obovate or broad-ovate, 6–11 mm long, deep lilac-pink or white, tardily deciduous, sometimes persistent in fruit; ovary densely hairy, ovules 2. Fruit obcordate to broad-cuneate, 4–5 mm long; seeds more or less cylindric, c. 3.5 mm long. Flowers Jul.–Jan.