Melichrus urceolatus

Erect shrub to c. 60 cm high; branchlets pubescent. Leaves ascending, narrowly lanceolate, 8–25 mm long, 1.5–4.2 mm wide, mucronate, glabrous or scaberulous, flat to concave, lower surface deeply grooved between veins, the mid-vein prominent; margins plane, serrulate. Flowers subsessile to shortly pedunculate; bracts, bracteoles and sepals obtuse to subacute; bracts 5–8, ovate, pinkish; bracteoles depressed ovate, 2.5–4 mm long; sepals ovate-elliptic, 4.5–6 mm long; usually corolla cream, seldom red or rose/pink or plants with a mixture or cream and red/rose-pink flowers; glabrous externally; tube cup-shaped, 2–3.5 mm long; lobes with acute recurved tips, very sparsely hairy, 3–4 mm long, style c. 0.2–0.3 mm long. Flowers mainly May–Oct.