Prostanthera cruciflora

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Etymology:   

• Prostanthera is derived from the Greek for an appendage

• The specific epithet (cruciflora) is "an allusion to the cross-shaped lower lip of the corolla"

Flowers

• The flowers are arranged in groups of about eight, the sepals about 8 mm long, forming a tube about 3.5 mm long with two lobes, the upper lobe about 2.5 mm long

• The petals are 6–9 mm long and white with yellow streaks on the lower lobe

• Flowering occurs from August to December

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• These are greyish green, egg-shaped, 6–20 mm long and 8–15 mm wide on a petiole 3–10 mm long, and densely glandular

Stem & branches: 

• The branchlets are densely covered with glands

Roots:         

Habit:        

• An erect, strongly aromatic shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–2 m 

Habitat:   

• In heath on exposed rock outcrops 

Distribution:                  

• In the Mount Kaputar National Park and on nearby ranges

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy 

  • Prostanthera cruciflora was first formally described in 1967 by James Hamlyn Willis in the journal Muelleria

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_cruciflora (2023)