Prostanthera porcata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| image = Prostanthera porcata.jpg
| image_caption = In Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
| genus = Prostanthera
| species = porcata
| authority = B.J.Conn{{cite web|title=Prostanthera porcata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/110819|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=17 September 2020}}
| range_map = Prostanthera porcataDistA73.png
| range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH
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Prostanthera porcata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the Budawang Range in south-eastern New South Wales. It is a small, erect shrub with glabrous branches, elliptic leaves and deep pink or pink and cream-coloured flowers.
Description
Prostanthera porcata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1.5–2|m}} and has four-ridged, glabrous, densely glandular branches. The leaves are elliptic, {{cvt|22–36|mm}} long and {{cvt|7–14|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|2–8|mm}} long. The flowers appear singly in leaf axils on a pedicel {{cvt|4–5|mm}} long with bracteoles {{cvt|2.8–5.6|mm}} long at the base. The sepals are {{cvt|12–15.5|mm}} long forming a tube {{cvt|8–9|mm}} long with two lobes {{cvt|5–7|mm}} long. The petals are deep pink or cream-coloured shading to pink on the lobes, {{cvt|23–27|mm}} long forming a tube {{cvt|15–22|mm}} long. Flowering occurs in spring.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Prostanthera~porcata |title=Prostanthera porcata |access-date=3 February 2013 |author=Barry J. Conn|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}{{cite journal |last1=Conn |first1=Barry J. |title=A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. Section Klanderia (F.v.Muell.) Benth. (Labiatae). |journal=Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens |date=1984 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=338–341 |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG06P207_Conn.pdf |access-date=17 September 2020}}
Taxonomy
The species was formally described in 1984 by Barry Conn in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, based on plant material collected in Budawang National Park.{{cite web|title=Prostanthera porcata|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/543060|publisher=APNI|access-date=17 September 2020}}
Distribution and habitat
This mintbush grows in forests on steep rocky slopes in association with Eucalyptus agglomerata and E. sieberi and is only known from the Budawang Range in south-eastern New South Wales.
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Lamiales of Australia