Hypoestes floribunda R.Br. APNI* Description: Perennial herb or subshrub 50–100 cm high; branches usually hairy or rarely ± glabrous.
Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 10–90 mm long, 4–25 mm wide, apex ± acuminate, margins ± entire, both surfaces usually hairy; petiole 5–15 mm long.
Inflorescences terminal or axillary; involucre 5–9 mm long, 1 or 2 at each node but sometimes clustered due to reduction of branches. Calyx shorter than involucre. Corolla tube 5–6 mm long, usually white; lips 6–14 mm long, pink or mauve, sometimes with darker purple and/or white areas on upper lip, rarely all white.
Capsule 9–12 mm long, glabrous or sometimes with hairy apex.
Flowering: May–August
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Involucres in long panicles, not clustered in axils, with short dense, glandular or non-glandular hairs and longer glandular hairs. Branches usually evenly hairy | var. floribunda |
| Involucres clustered in axils, commonly glabrous or with a few non-glandular hairs, rarely with long glandular hairs. Branches with hairs only on the ridges | var. pubescens |
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