Lafuentea Lag.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 252

25. Lafuentea Lag. 1

Perennial herbs; stem woody at the base; leaves opposite, simple. Flowers zygomorphic, in long, terminal, bracteate spikes. Calyx 5-lobed; corolla with long, cylindrical tubeand 5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped limb; upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted. Capsule septicidal; seeds numerous.