Prostanthera scutellarioides
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| Prostanthera scutellarioides | |
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| In the Gibraltar Range National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Prostanthera |
| Species: | P. scutellarioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Prostanthera scutellarioides | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Prostanthera scutellarioides is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect, or low-lying, faintly aromatic shrub with linear leaves and pale to deep mauve flowers arranged in leaf axils.
Prostanthera scutellarioides is an erect or low-lying, faintly aromatic shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–2.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 8 ft 2 in) and has ridged branches. The leaves are linear, 6–25 mm (0.24–0.98 in) long and 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide gradually tapering to a petiole up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils with bracteoles about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long at the base. The sepals are 3–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) long forming a tube 1.7–2.5 mm (0.067–0.098 in) long with two lobes, the upper lobe 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long. The petals are pale to deep mauve and 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from spring to early summer.[2]