''Prostanthera porcata'' 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, savory ...

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

''Prostanthera porcata'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has four-ridged, glabrous, densely glandular branches. The leaves are elliptic, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers appear singly in leaf axils on a pedicel long with bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are long forming a tube long with two lobes long. The petals are deep pink or cream-coloured shading to pink on the lobes, long forming a tube long. Flowering occurs in spring.

Taxonomy

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.

Distribution and habitat

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.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7250965 porcata Flora of New South Wales Lamiales of Australia Plants described in 1984 Taxa named by Barry John Conn