Spiked Mint-bush at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Prostanthera phylicifolia | 8 Dec 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Prostanthera phylicifolia | 7 Dec 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Prostanthera decussata | 6 Dec 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 6 Dec 2017 | Lesleyishiyama |
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5 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
7 Dec 2017
This is not a species I am familiar with. There is no closeup of the wet leaves and I cannot tell when I blow the photo up whether they have coarse hairs or not.
Lesleyishiyama
wrote:
8 Dec 2017
Hi Betty is there any chance it could be prostanthera phylicifolia?
BettyDonWood
wrote:
8 Dec 2017
Those two species are very close together in the Plantnet key. The key character that separates them is whether the leaves are hairless or not. I got the impression from the photo that there were the occasional coarse hairs on the leaf edges which would have made it decussata. On looking at the photo again I now think they were probably hairless.
Lesleyishiyama
wrote:
9 Dec 2017
Hi Betty
Yes and the fact that the leaves were covered in rain drops makes it even harder. I think hairless. Thank you so much
Yes and the fact that the leaves were covered in rain drops makes it even harder. I think hairless. Thank you so much
Location information
- Coordinates 149.259444-35.741111
- Altitude 1247.0m
- Maps Tinderry Mountains
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2017 09:07 AM Recorded on
- Lesleyishiyama Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Shrubs Lesleyishiyama Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Prostanthera phylicifolia Scientific name
- Spiked Mint-bush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1395.78m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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