Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Prostanthera hirtula
Common name
Hairy mintbush
Family
Lamiaceae
Where found
Forest and woodland, usually in rocky areas. Ranges north from the Budawang Range, and east of Bombala. One record from Ben Boyd National Park south of Eden.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Branches densely covered with more or less spreading hairs. The whole plant strongly aromatic. Leaves opposite each other, 1–3 cm long, 1.5–6 mm wide; mid-green, hairy, moderately to densely hairy, upper surface moderately to densely covered in somewhat spreading, coarse, rigid hairs, lower surface densely glandular, tips somewhat pointed; margins entire, curved to strongly rolled down. Flowers dark mauve, 8–10 mm long, with a bell-shaped tube, 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Calyx 2-lobed. Flowers in leafless clusters, often leafy at the base. Flowering: spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Prostanthera~hirtula (accessed 3 February, 2021)
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