Killickia grandiflora

Killickia grandiflora is a perennial, aromatic herb with decumbent shoots 10–43 cm (3.9–16.9 in) long arising from the base. The shoots are sparsely branched and spread by underground runners, which may become thickened into a tuber-like structure from which several shoots emerge. Stems often bear small branchlets in the axils of the lower leaves. The leaves are subsessile or borne on short petioles up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. They are ovate to heart-shaped, measuring 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 7–22 mm (0.28–0.87 in) wide, with serrated margins bearing 4–8 teeth. They are reported to have a sharp mentha-like scent. Flowers are usually solitary; only rarely do small, leafy cymes with up to four flowers develop from the axils of the bracteoles. The peduncles are 5–14 mm (0.20–0.55 in) long, with two bracteoles in the distal half, and the pedicels measure 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in). The bracteoles resemble the leaves and are relatively large. The calyx is 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long at flowering and expands to 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) in fruit. It is slightly bell-shaped, 15-veined, with five triangular to lance-shaped teeth that are as long as or longer than the calyx tube. The corolla is pale to deep cobalt violet and relatively large, measuring 20–24 mm (0.79–0.94 in) in length. …