Prostanthera makinsonii
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| Prostanthera makinsonii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Prostanthera |
| Species: | P. makinsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Prostanthera makinsonii | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Prostanthera makinsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with strongly aromatic, egg-shaped leaves and mostly glabrous purple flowers arranged in bunches of eight to twelve in upper leaf axils.
Prostanthera makinsonii is a spreading shrub that grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has more or less cylindrical, glandular, hairy branches. The leaves are strongly aromatic, hairy and glandular, paler on the lower surface, egg-shaped, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide on a petiole 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The flowers are arranged in bunches of eight to twelve on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The sepals are green, sometimes with a maroon tinge, and form a tube 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long with two broadly egg-shaped lobes, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The petals are purple, 7.5–8 mm (0.30–0.31 in) long forming a tube about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with two lips. The central lobe of the lower lip is about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the side lobes about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The upper lip is egg-shaped, 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in) long with a central notch about 1 mm (0.039 in) deep. Flowering has been observed in November.[2][3]