- Source: 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.
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.
Taxonomy and naming
Prostanthera collina was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin and the description was published in Bibliotheca Botanica. The specific epithet (collina) means "living on hills".
Distribution
This species is endemic to Queensland with a restricted distribution, it grows north of Jericho and in the Warrego Range.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Prostanthera collina
- Prostanthera
- List of Nature Conservation Act vulnerable flora of Queensland
- List of Nature Conservation Act endangered flora of Queensland
- List of Australian plant species described by Robert Brown
- List of Nature Conservation Act rare flora of Queensland
- List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
- McKay Reserve, Palm Beach, New South Wales
- List of threatened flora of Australia
