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

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and is endemic to Queensland. It is an upright shrub with small, pale green leaves and mostly deep mauve flowers.

Description

''Prostanthera parvifolia'' is a small, upright shrub tall with small, oblanceolate, almost sessile leaves about long and tiny, deep mauve to violet flowers borne in leaf axils.

Taxonomy and naming

''Prostanthera parvifolia'' was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin and the description was published in ''Bibliotheca Botanica''. The

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(''parvifolia'') means "small leaves".

Distribution and habitat

This species is found growing in mallee scrub at Glenmorgan, Gurulmundi, Carnarvon Range, Pentland, Tara, Kogan and the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15355150 parvifolia Flora of Queensland Lamiales of Australia Plants described in 1928