Leaves elliptic to ovate or poblanceolate, shiny above, leathery. Flowers summer to autumn.
SE USA to N South America, West Indies
Narrow, whitish spike-like flower clusters to 15 cm long.
Source: (1997). Cyrillaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
