''Prostanthera prunelloides'' 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 eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with four-ridged branches, egg-shaped to round leaves and white or pale mauve flowers.

Description

''Prostanthera prunelloides'' is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has four-ridged, slightly aromatic branches. The leaves are egg-shaped to circular, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in groups on the ends of branchlets, each flower with bracteoles about long at the base but that fall off as the flower develops. The sepals are long forming a tube long with two lobes, the upper lobe long. The petals are white to pale mauve and long.

Taxonomy

''Prostanthera prunelloides'' was formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his treatise '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''.

Distribution and habitat

This mintbush grows in forests and woodland, often near creeks, on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales from Murwillumbah to the Budawang Range.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15355439 prunelloides Flora of New South Wales Lamiales of Australia Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)