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Accession Data:

Prostanthera rotundifolia R. Br.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: Tasmania

  • Description: Shrub, to 12 feet; leaves petioled, ovate), and broadly tapering to each end; wider than oblanceolate.">obovate to orbicular, to about 3/8 inches long and wide; flowers in short, loose or compact racemes on lateral branchlets, subtending leaves reduced, calyx to 1/8 inch long at flowering, 2-lipped, the lips about equal, entire, corolla to 1/2 inch long, lilac.

    Southern and southeastern Australia, including Tasmania.

  • USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501288
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2311 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Prostantheroideae
  • Tribe: Westringieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New South Wales / Tasmania / Victoria

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future. Last accessed on Tuesday, 14 May, 2019.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, 14 May, 2019.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 14 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:33:45 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Prostanthera rotundifolia

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Subfamily Prostantheroideae
Tribe Westringieae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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