Streptocarpus erubescens is a monocarpic, unifoliate species from high altitude areas in central to southern Malawi extending into western Mozambique where it grows on mossy rocks in evergreen forest and in rock crevices under overhangs. It is even reported to grow on hills within the municipal limits of cities such as Blantyre and Zomba in Malawi.

Its single leaf (150 x 120 mm maximum) is dark green above, red below with serrated edges. The flowers are white with pink tones, with three magenta-pink stripes inside. The species is very similar to Streptocarpus cyanandrus  and Streptocarpus pumilus from Zimbabwe, and DNA analysis confirms this close relationship.

Despite it’s wide distribution, one-time presence in cultivation and use in hybridizing we could find no pictures of this species, hence the hopefully temporary use of the herbarium sheet above, with the ruler for scale.