Hypoestes floribunda

Acanthaceae

A perennial herb or subshrub 50-100cm high. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 10-90mm long and 4-25mm wide.  Both surfaces usually hairy.

Flowers terminal or axillary, 1 to 2 at each node.  Pink or mauve and often to deep purple on the end of the lip, corolla white.

Fruit capsule 9-12mm long, glabrous or sometimes with hairy apex.

Flowering April - August