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Sand Mintbush

Prostanthera ammophila

Sand Mintbush
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Sand mintbush is a native Australian shrub of sandy dunes and rocky hills in southern South Australia, grown for its white and mauve flowers. The key to growing it is good drainage and full sun, since it is adapted to dry, sandy conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates cool nights and light frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Prostanthera ammophila, commonly known as sand mintbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to southern areas of South Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with egg-shaped to narrow elliptical leaves and white and purple to mauve flowers with yellow spots inside.

Where it grows

This mintbush grows on sand dunes and on rocky hills in the Gawler Ranges and Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Other Prostanthera plants

Prostanthera albiflora · Prostanthera albohirta · Prostanthera althoferi · Prostanthera arapilensis · Tranquility Mintbush · Scarlet Mintbush · Prostanthera athertoniana · Prostanthera baxteri · Downy Mintbush · Lilac Mint Bush · Limestone Mintbush · Prostanthera campbellii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prostanthera ammophila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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