''Prostanthera suborbicularis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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 ...

and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with broadly elliptical to round leaves.

Description

''Prostanthera suborbicularis'' is a shrub or undershrub that has its branches and leaves covered with short, matted hairs. The leaves leathery, broadly elliptic to more or less round, in diameter on a petiole up to long. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on pedicels up to long, with bracteoles at the base of the sepals. The sepals are almost long with two lobes, the upper lobe about long, the lower about long. The petals are long forming a tube almost long.

Taxonomy and naming

''Prostanthera suborbicularis'' was first formally described in 1926 by Cyril Tenison White and

William Douglas Francis William Douglas Francis (6 March 1889 – 2 January 1959) was an Australian botanist. Born in Bega, New South Wales, at the age of 17 he moved with his father Alfred, and brother Frederick, from Wollongong, New South Wales, where he attende ...

in the '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland'' from specimens collected near Adavale.

Distribution

This mint bush grows in Queensland.

Conservation status

This mintbush is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government '' Nature Conservation Act 1992''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15355442 suborbicularis Flora of Queensland Lamiales of Australia Plants described in 1926 Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White Taxa named by William Douglas Francis