Scarlet Mintbush: Whole

Scarlet Mintbush (Prostanthera aspalathoides)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Mints (Lamiales)

Family:

Mint (Lamiaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Scarlet Mintbush (Prostanthera aspalathoides)

This Photo:

Whole

Other name:

Pixie Caps

Thank you Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Has an Eremophila style red flower, which is speckled under macro photography.
Buds are like a Spanish soldiers helmet.
Leaves are like a Maireana's, green, succulent and cylindrical (also speckled).
Generally a dense bush.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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