Prostanthera collina

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Prostanthera collina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Prostanthera
Species:
P. collina
Binomial name
Prostanthera collina

Prostanthera collina is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with white or pale mauve flowers.

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Description

Prostanthera collina is a stiff, upright shrub 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in) high with a greyish appearance. The white or pale mauve flowers have purple markings in the throat and borne in leaf axils. The leaves are lance to oblanceolate shaped, slightly wavy, smooth margins, greyish hue and on a short petiole. [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Prostanthera collina was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin and the description was published in Bibliotheca Botanica. [3] The specific epithet (collina) means "living on hills". [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Queensland with a restricted distribution, it grows north of Jericho and in the Warrego Range. [2]

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References

  1. "Prostanthera collina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Althofer, George W. (1978). Cradle of Incense. Stanley Smith Memorial Publication Fund. p. 182. ISBN   0909830134.
  3. "Prostanthera collina". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 166. ISBN   9780958034180.