''Prostanthera linearis'', commonly known as narrow-leaved mint-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, faintly aromatic shrub with glabrous, narrow egg-shaped to linear leaves and white flowers that are often tinged with pinkish-mauve.

Description

''Prostanthera linearis'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and is faintly aromatic. It has glabrous narrow egg-shaped to linear leaves that are long and wide on a petiole less than long. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets with bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are long forming a tube long with two lobes, the upper lobe long. The petals are long and white, often with tinged with pinkish-mauve.

Taxonomy

''Prostanthera linearis'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his book '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae''. The

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(''linearis'') refers to the shape of the leaves.

Distribution and habitat

Narrow-leaved mint-bush grows in eucalyptus forest, often by streams in sandy or gravelly clay soils and occurs in Queensland and from Sydney, south to

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Conservation status

This mintbush is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government '' Nature Conservation Act 1992.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7250957 linearis Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Lamiales of Australia Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)