Jockey's cap | |
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In the Mount Annan Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Prostanthera |
Species: | P. striatiflora
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Binomial name | |
Prostanthera striatiflora | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Prostanthera striatiflora, commonly known as jockey's cap, striated mintbush or striped mintbush,[2] is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the more arid areas of Australia. It is an erect, aromatic shrub with narrow egg-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves and white flowers with purple lines inside the petal tube.