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Prostanthera
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The sepals are joined at the base with two lobes. The petals are usually blue to purple or white, joined in a tube with two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or notched. Description Plants in the genus ''Prostanthera'' are usually shrubs or subshrubs, rarely trees, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are joined at the base but with two lobes. The petals form a tube with two lips, the lower lip with three, usually spreading lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or a notch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Walteri Flowers
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The sepals are joined at the base with two lobes. The petals are usually blue to purple or white, joined in a tube with two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or notched. Description Plants in the genus ''Prostanthera'' are usually shrubs or subshrubs, rarely trees, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are joined at the base but with two lobes. The petals form a tube with two lips, the lower lip with three, usually spreading lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or a notch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Aspalathoides 'Bright Spark'
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The sepals are joined at the base with two lobes. The petals are usually blue to purple or white, joined in a tube with two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or notched. Description Plants in the genus ''Prostanthera'' are usually shrubs or subshrubs, rarely trees, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are joined at the base but with two lobes. The petals form a tube with two lips, the lower lip with three, usually spreading lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or a notch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Striatiflora Image
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The sepals are joined at the base with two lobes. The petals are usually blue to purple or white, joined in a tube with two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or notched. Description Plants in the genus ''Prostanthera'' are usually shrubs or subshrubs, rarely trees, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are joined at the base but with two lobes. The petals form a tube with two lips, the lower lip with three, usually spreading lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or a notch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Grylloana - Kevin Thiele
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The sepals are joined at the base with two lobes. The petals are usually blue to purple or white, joined in a tube with two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or notched. Description Plants in the genus ''Prostanthera'' are usually shrubs or subshrubs, rarely trees, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are joined at the base but with two lobes. The petals form a tube with two lips, the lower lip with three, usually spreading lobes and the upper lip with two lobes or a notch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Lasianthos
''Prostanthera lasianthos'', commonly known as the Victorian Christmas bush or coranderrk , is a large shrub or small tree of the mint family, Lamiaceae, which is native to Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. It grows up to 10 m (35 ft) high but is usually much less and is found in wet sclerophyll forests, often beside creeks. Its flowers, which appear in profuse sprays, are about 2 cm long and white or pale lilac, with purple and orange blotches in the throat. They appear in late spring and summer, and specifically around Christmas time in Victoria. The fragrant, toothed leaves are 4 to 12 cm (sometimes 15 cm) long and about 1.5 cm wide. Description ''Prostanthera lasianthos'' is the largest member of the mint bush genus ''Prostanthera''. Highly variable in habit, it ranges from a tree in sheltered forest to a shrub in exposed montane areas. Arranged oppositely (arising in pairs) along the stems on 0.6–1 cm long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Althoferi
''Prostanthera althoferi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Australia. It is an erect shrub with its stems and leaves densely covered with silvery, greyish-green hairs, and has narrow egg-shaped leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers with mauve or purple striations inside. Description ''Prostanthera althoferi'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of with stems that are square in cross-section and densely covered with silvery, greyish-green hairs. The leaves are sessile, linear to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, densely covered with silvery, greyish-green hairs, long and wide. The flowers are arranged singly in four to twenty leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a densely hairy pedicel long. The sepals form a green to cream-coloured, hairy tube tinged with maroon and long with two lobes, the lower lobe broadly egg-shaped, long and wide, the upper lobe lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Stenophylla
''Prostanthera stenophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. It is an erect, slender, aromatic shrub with hairy, oblong leaves and small groups of pale bluish mauve to violet flowers. Description ''Prostanthera stenophylla'' is an erect, slender shrub that typically grows to a height of and has leaves that are covered with a dense mat of hairs and give off a strong aroma when crushed. The leaves are narrow egg-shaped to narrow elliptic but appear oblong due to the edge being curved downwards or rolled under. They are dull green above, paler below, long and wide on a very short petiole. The flowers are arranged in groups of four to six on short side shoots in leaf axils, with bracteoles long at the base of the sepals. The sepals are long forming a tube long with two lobes, the upper lobe long. The petals are pale bluish mauve to violet, long, the lower middle lobe long and wide, the lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Magnifica
''Prostanthera magnifica'', commonly known as magnificent prostanthera, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a slender to spreading, erect shrub that has hairy stems, elliptical to narrow egg-shaped leaves and pale mauve or pale blue to pink flowers with prominent dark mauve to purple sepals. Description ''Prostanthera magnifica'' is a slender, to spreading, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has slightly flattened, more or less hairy branches. The leaves are elliptic to narrow egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in bunches of six to eighteen near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are dark mauve to purple, forming a tube long with two prominent, egg-shaped lobes, the lower lobe long and wide, the upper lobe long and wide. The petals are pale mauve or pale blue to pink with dark purple spots, long forming a tube long with two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostanthera Campbellii
''Prostanthera campbellii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers with purple striations. Description ''Prostanthera campbellii'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are linear, yellowish green, long, wide and sessile. The flowers are arranged singly in two to sixteen upper leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are green and form a tube long with two lobes, the lower lobe long and the upper lobe long. The petals are white to cream-coloured with purple striations near the base of the lobes, long and fused to form a tube long. The lower lip has three lobes, the centre lobe spatula-shaped, long and wide and the side lobes long and wide. The upper lip has two lobes long and wide. Flowering occurs from July to November. Taxonomy ''Prostanthera campbellii'' was first formally de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other medicinal herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort. Some species are shrubs, trees (such as teak), or, rarely, vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, not only for their aromatic qualities, but also their ease of cultivation, since they are readily propagated by stem cuttings. Besides those grown for their edible leaves, some are grown for decorative foliage. Others are grown for seed, such as ''Salvia hispanica'' (chia), or for their edible tubers, such as ''Plectranthus edulis'', ''Plectranthus esculentus'', '' Plectranthus rotundifolius'', and '' Stachys affinis'' (Chinese artichoke). Many are also grown orn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aenetus
''Aenetus'' is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings, but some are predominantly brown or white. The larvae feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk, then vertically down. Species * '' Aenetus arfaki'' (New Guinea) * ''Aenetus astathes'' (Western Australia) *'' Aenetus bilineatus'' (New Guinea) *''Aenetus blackburnii'' - Blackburn's ghost moth (South Australia; Victoria, Australia* '' Aenetus cohici'' (New Caledonia* '' Aenetus crameri'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus dulcis'' (Western Australia**Food plant: ''Agonis'' *'' Aenetus djernaesae'' (Western Australia ) *'' Aenetus edwardsi'' (Queensland, Australia) *'' Aenetus eugyna'' (New Guinea) *'' Aenetus eximia'' - common ghost moth (southern Queensland to Victoria, Australia**Recorded food plants: ''Daphnandra'', ''Dodonaea'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carrick (botanist)
John Carrick (14 June 1914 – 4 January 1978) was a botanist and the author of a number of plant names. He was born in Glasgow and died in Australia. He worked at the University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ... from 1952 to 1967 and then became a botanist at the South Australian State Herbarium. The mintbush, '' Prostanthera carrickiana'' was named in his honour. References 1914 births 1978 deaths British botanists Australian Botanical Liaison Officers British expatriates in Malaysia British emigrants to Australia {{Botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
