Where found:

• Mokau sea cliffs, uncommon

• A rounded bushy shrub with stout branches
  
• Dark green leaves which are large (50-100 mm x 25-50 mm), leathery, glossy and fleshy, the margin and the midrib are reddish
  
• The tubular flowers are purple or magenta occurring on lateral spikes with a mass crowded at the branch tip, flowering from January to October
  
• One of the few brightly flowering shrubs of New Zealand, now commonly cultivated