Common name: Small-leaved Mint-bush
Prostanthera serpyllifolia (R.Br.) Briq. APNI* Description: Shrub, usually <0.5 m high; branches and leaves sparsely to densely hairy with hairs recurved to reflexed, often appearing curled.
Leaves with lamina ovate to broad-elliptic, rarely narrow-ovate, 1.5–3 long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide, often reflexed; base ± obtuse, sometimes ± truncate; petiole to 0.5 mm long.
Flowers axillary, part inflorescence 1-flowered; bracteoles mostly 2–4 mm long. Calyx 5–7.5 mm long, maroon or green; tube 3–5 mm long; lobes 1.5–2.2 mm long. Corolla 15–22 mm long, bright pink to mid red often white basally, and/or with yellow tinge apically or light metallic blue-green; tube 9–14 mm long.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in mallee, particularly on loamy and sandy soils overlying and associated with limestone, frequently with outcrops of calcrete; west from the West Wyalong district.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A. W.A.
This subspecies is characterized by the small, usually ovate leaves that are recurved to reflexed.
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept:
| N.S.W. occurrences are: subsp. microphylla |
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