Prostanthera stricta
Mount Vincent Mint Bush
Mount Vincent Mint Bush
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Overview:
Prostanthera stricta, commonly known as Mount Vincent mint bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a small area of NSW
It is an bushy, erect, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and mauve flowers with darker spots inside
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)