Prostanthera stricta
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| Mount Vincent mint bush | |
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| In Hunter Region Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Prostanthera |
| Species: | P. stricta |
| Binomial name | |
| Prostanthera stricta | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Prostanthera stricta, commonly known as Mount Vincent mint bush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an bushy, erect, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and mauve flowers with darker spots inside.
Prostanthera stricta is a bushy, erect, aromatic, spreading shrub that typically grows to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3 m (9.8 ft) wide with densely hairy branches. The leaves are mid-green, densely hairy, egg-shaped, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) wide on a petiole about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in groups at the ends of branchlets with bracteoles about 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long at the base. The sepals are 4–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long and form a tube about 2 mm (0.079 in) long with two lobes, the upper lobe about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The petals are 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long and pale mauve to deep purple-mauve with darker dots inside the petal tube. Flowering occurs from winter to spring.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Prostanthera stricta was first formally described in 1896 by Richard Thomas Baker in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected near Ilford.[5][6]