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Prostanthera mulliganensis

Prostanthera mulliganensis
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY 2.0

Mount Mulligan prostanthera is a small shrub, about 1 to 1.5 m tall, with mauve flowers, found only on Mount Mulligan in Queensland. It is a rare wild species rather than a common garden plant, so care information is limited.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as it grows on sandstone soils and cliff faces.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; sandstone-derived soils in its native habitat.
Temperature
Suited to a seasonally dry tropical climate; frost tolerance unknown.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Prostanthera mulliganensis, commonly known as Mount Mulligan prostanthera, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to Mount Mulligan in Queensland. It is a small shrub with hairy branchlets, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and mauve flowers with purple to dark mauve markings.

Where it grows

Mount Mulligan prostanthera is only known from Mount Mulligan where it grows in soil derived from sandstone and on sheer cliff faces.

Other Prostanthera plants

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 mulliganensis 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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