Prostanthera porcata
| Prostanthera porcata | |
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| In Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Prostanthera |
| Species: | P. porcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Prostanthera porcata | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Prostanthera porcata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the Budawang Range in south-eastern New South Wales. It is a small, erect shrub with glabrous branches, elliptic leaves and deep pink or pink and cream-coloured flowers.
Description[edit]
Prostanthera porcata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has four-ridged, glabrous, densely glandular branches. The leaves are elliptic, 22–36 mm (0.87–1.42 in) long and 7–14 mm (0.28–0.55 in) wide on a petiole 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long. The flowers appear singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long with bracteoles 2.8–5.6 mm (0.11–0.22 in) long at the base. The sepals are 12–15.5 mm (0.47–0.61 in) long forming a tube 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long with two lobes 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. The petals are deep pink or cream-coloured shading to pink on the lobes, 23–27 mm (0.91–1.06 in) long forming a tube 15–22 mm (0.59–0.87 in) long. Flowering occurs in spring.[2][3]
Taxonomy[edit]
The species was formally described in 1984 by Barry Conn in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, based on plant material collected in Budawang National Park.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This mintbush grows in forests on steep rocky slopes in association with Eucalyptus agglomerata and E. sieberi and is only known from the Budawang Range in south-eastern New South Wales.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Prostanthera porcata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b Barry J. Conn. "Prostanthera porcata". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b Conn, Barry J. (1984). "A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. Section Klanderia (F.v.Muell.) Benth. (Labiatae)" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 6 (3): 338–341. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Prostanthera porcata". APNI. Retrieved 17 September 2020.