Prostanthera hindii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Prostanthera
|species = hindii
|authority = B.J.Conn{{cite web |title=Prostanthera hindii |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/154069 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=2 September 2020}}
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Prostanthera hindii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a small, erect shrub with densely hairy branches, egg-shaped leaves, and mauve flowers with deep mauve to dark purple colouration inside the petal tube.
Description
Prostanthera hindii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.3–1|m}} and has densely hairy, densely glandular branchlets. The leaves are dark green above, paler below, almost glabrous, egg-shaped to narrow egg-shaped, {{cvt|15-25|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–8|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long. The flowers are arranged singly in four to ten upper leaf axils with bracteoles about {{cvt|3–5.5|mm}} long at the base. The sepals are maroon and form a tube {{cvt|2.5–3|mm}} wide with two lobes, the lower lobe about {{cvt|4|mm}} long and wide and the upper lobe about {{cvt|5|mm}} long and wide. The petals are mauve and {{cvt|10–14|mm}} long forming a tube {{cvt|5–7|mm}} long with deep mauve to dark purple colouration inside the tube. The central lower lobe is broadly spatula-shaped, {{cvt|5.5–6.5|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–6.5|mm}} wide, the side lobes {{cvt|5–5.5|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–5|mm}} wide. The upper lobe is broadly egg-shaped, about {{cvt|5|mm}} long and {{cvt|7|mm}} wide. Flowering mainly occurs from Spring to early summer.{{cite web |last1=Conn |first1=Barry J. |title=Prostanthera hindii |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Prostanthera~hindii |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=2 September 2020}}{{cite journal|last1=Conn|first1=Barry J.|date=1997|title=Four rare and/or threatened new species of Prostanthera Section Prostanthera (Labiatae) from New South Wales|url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/emuwebnswlive/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1699&reftable=ebibliography|journal=Telopea|volume=7|issue=3|pages=234–237}}
Taxonomy and naming
Prostanthera hindii was first formally described in 1997 by Barry Conn in the journal Telopea.{{cite web |title=Prostanthera hindii |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/582331 |website=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=2 September 2020}} The specific epithet (hindii) honours Peter Hind, who, with Barry Conn, collected the type material.
Distribution and habitat
This mint bush grows in Eucalyptus woodland with a shrubby understorey and is confined to the Central Tablelands of New South Wales.
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Lamiales of Australia