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Prostanthera galbraithiae
Prostanthera galbraithiae, commonly known as Wellington mint-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with densely hairy branches that are more or less square in cross-section, narrow egg-shaped or oblong leaves with the edges rolled under, and deep mauve to purple flowers with maroon dots inside the petal tube.
Wellington mint-bush occurs on sandy soils over clay on the Gippsland plains in Holey Plains State Park. It is associated with Eucalyptus obliqua woodland with a heathy understorey including species such as Acacia oxycedrus, Epacris impressa, Lepidosperma concavum, Leptospermum myrsinoides and Platylobium obtusangulum.
Prostanthera albiflora · Prostanthera albohirta · Prostanthera althoferi · Sand Mintbush · Prostanthera arapilensis · Tranquility Mintbush · Scarlet Mintbush · Prostanthera athertoniana · Prostanthera baxteri · Downy Mintbush · Lilac Mint Bush · Limestone Mintbush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prostanthera galbraithiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
