''Prostanthera collina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savo ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Queensland. It is a shrub with white or pale mauve flowers.

Description

''Prostanthera collina'' is a stiff, upright shrub high with a greyish appearance. The white or pale mauve flowers have purple markings in the throat and borne in leaf axils. The leaves are lance to

oblanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf plant morphology, morphology in the description and taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflet (bo ...

shaped, slightly wavy, smooth margins, greyish hue and on a short petiole.

Taxonomy and naming

''Prostanthera collina'' was first formally described in 1928 by

Karel Domin Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician. After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 190 ...

and the description was published in ''Bibliotheca Botanica''. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''collina'') means "living on hills".

Distribution

This species is endemic to Queensland with a restricted distribution, it grows north of Jericho and in the Warrego Range.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15354985 collina Flora of Queensland Lamiales of Australia Taxa named by Karel Domin Plants described in 1928