Prostanthera stricta

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         Mount Vincent Mint Bush

Conservation status: ...

• This mintbush is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

• The main threats to the species include land clearing, grazing and trampling, and weed invasion

Etymology:   

• Prostanthera is derived from the Greek for an appendage

• 
  

Flowers

• The flowers are arranged in groups at the ends of branchlets with bracteoles about 3–3.5 mm long at the base

• The sepals are 4–4.5 mm long and form a tube about 2 mm long with two lobes, the upper lobe about 2 mm long

• The petals are 6–9 mm long and pale mauve to deep purple-mauve with darker dots inside the petal tube

• Flowering occurs from winter to spring

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• The leaves are mid-green, densely hairy, egg-shaped, 8–13 mm long and 5–9 mm wide on a petiole about 1 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• It has  densely hairy branches

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Prostanthera stricta is a bushy, erect, aromatic, spreading shrub that typically grows to 2 m high and 3 m wide 

Habitat:   

• Forest in sandy soils near watercourses

Distribution:                  

• On the Central Tablelands and nearby Central West Slopes of NSW

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • It was first formally described in 1896 by Richard Thomas Baker in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW from specimens collected near Ilford

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_stricta (August 2024)