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

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and is endemic to the inland of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with densely hairy, densely glandular branchlets, cylindrical leaves clustered near the ends of branchlets, and dull, light red flowers.

Description

''Prostanthera laricoides'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has densely hairy, densely glandular branches. The leaves are usually clustered towards the ends of the branchlets and are cylindrical, long, about wide and sessile. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a hairy pedicel about long. The sepals are long and form a tube long with two lobes long and about wide. The petals are dull light red, long and form a tube long. The lower lip of the petal tube has three lobes, the centre lobe oblong, long and the side lobes about long. The upper lip is about long and wide with a central notch about deep. Flowering occurs from August to March.

Taxonomy

''Prostanthera laricoides'' was first formally described in 1984 by Barry Conn in the '' Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens'' from specimens collected near

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in 1967.

Distribution and habitat

This mintbush sometimes grows on ridges amongst granite rocks and has been collected in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Great Victoria Desert

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Conservation status

''Prostanthera laricoides'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15355252 laricoides Flora of Western Australia Lamiales of Australia Taxa named by Barry John Conn Plants described in 1984