Prostanthera

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Prostanthera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prostanthera (Greek, to add to, and anther; referring to the connectives of the anthers being spurred or crested beneath). Labiatae;. Shrubs or subshrubs with resinous glands, and commonly strong-scented. False whorls 2-fld., axillary or borne in a terminal raceme; fls. often white or red; calyx campanulate, limb 2-lipped; corolla-tube short, dilated into a broad campanulate throat; limb 2-lipped; stamens 4, in pairs; anthers 2-celled, connective dorsally slightly prominent, often spurred or appendaged: nutlets obovoid and netted wrinkly.—About 40 species from Austral. Prop. by cuttings of young shoots. Other species which have been intro. and sometimes cult. abroad are: P. denticulata, R. Br. Robust shrub: lvs. sessile or nearly so, broadly lanceolate to narrow-linear, with rigid bristles on the margins: fls. in distant pairs forming interrupted terminal racemes, lilac to purple. B.M. 7934.—P. pulchella, Skan. Subshrub about 1 1/2 ft. high, slender: lvs. subsessile, linear to linear-lanceolate: fls. with a lilac subrotate corolla, the tube white at base, dotted with dark purple at the throat. B.M. 8379.—P. rotundifolia, R. Br. Shrub, 3-7 ft. high: lvs. broadly ovate, orbicular or spatulate, entire or coarse crenulate: fls. in short close terminal racemes, purple. G.M. 58:147. F. Tracy Hubbard. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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