Blepharis drummondii Vollesen

drummondii: named after R. B. 'Bob' Drummond (1924-2008) , former Keeper of the National Herbarium in Harare (SRGH)

Perennial herb with suberect or procumbent stems, up to 30 cm long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 6-10 cm long, roughly hairy; margin with numerous forward-pointed teeth. Spikes 10-26-flowered, 3-7 cm long. Bracts green, white near the base and with white veining, silky appressed hairy, tip recurved triangular with narrow spines on the margin. Corolla white or very pale blue, 16-18 mm long.

Rare, known only from 2 collections.

Southeastern Zimbabwe.