Common Names
Common Names in English:
Alpine Mint Bush, Peppermint Bush
Description
Family Lamiaceae
Herbs, sometimes subshrubs
or shrubs
, annual
or perennial
, usually aromatic
. Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled
or alternate, simple
to pinnately dissected
or compound
, without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary
; verticillasters
2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual
, zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate
or not. Calyx persistent
, 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube
sometimes hairy
annulate
inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous
, 4 or 2, free
, rarely filaments
connate
, sometimes one staminodial; anther
1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell
2-ovuled and style subterminal
, or ovary 4-parted and each lobe
1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases
of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets
. Seeds with or without endosperm.
Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Prostanthera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 141 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. albiflora · P. albo-hirta · P. 'Alpine Gold' · P. althoferi · P. ammophila · P. arenicola · P. askania · P. aspalathoides (Scarlet Mint Bush) · P. atriplicifolia · P. atroviolacea · P. 'Badja Peak' · P. baxteri · P. baxteri var. sericea · P. behriana · P. caerulea · P. calycina (West Coast Mint Bush) · P. campbellii · P. canaliculata · P. carrickiana · P. centralis · P. chlorantha · P. cineolifera · P. clotteniana · P. coccinea · P. coerulea · P. collina · P. cotinifolia · P. cruciflora · P. cryptandroides · P. cryptandroides euphrasioides · P. cryptandroides subsp. euphrasioides · P. cuneata (Alpine Mint Bush) · P. cuneata 'Alpine Gold' · P. cuneata 'Fastigiata' · P. cuneata Kew form · P. debilis · P. decussata · P. densa · P. denticulata · P. discolor · P. eckersleyana · P. empetrifolia · P. eremicola · P. eriocalyx · P. euphrasioides · P. euphrasoides · P. eurybioides · P. florifera · P. galbraithiae (Holey Plains Mint Bush) · P. granitica · P. grylloana · P. hindii · P. hirtula (Hairy Mint-Bush) · P. hirtula var. angustifolia · P. howelliae (Mint Bush) · P. incana (Velvet Mint Bush) · P. incisa (Cut Leaf Mint Bush) · P. incisa 'Rosea' · P. incisa var. pubescens · P. incurvata · P. junonis · P. lanceolata · P. laricoides · P. lasianthos (Victorian Christmas Bush) · P. lasianthos 'Badja Point' · P. lasianthos 'Kallista Pink' · P. lasianthos var. lasianthos · P. lasianthos var. subcoriacea · P. latifolia · P. 'La Provence' · P. leichhardtii · P. lepidota · P. linearis (Narrow Leaf Mint Bush) · P. lithospermoides · P. magnifica (Magnificent Mint Bush) · P. marifolia · P. 'Mauve Mantle' · P. megacalyx · P. melissifolia (Balm Mint-Bush) · P. melissifolia var. parvifolia · P. microphylla · P. 'Mint-Ice' · P. 'Mint Delight' · P. 'Mint Royale' · P. monticola · P. nanophylla · P. nivea (Snowy Mint Bush) · P. nivea var. induta · P. nivea var. nivea · P. nudula · P. odoratissima · P. ovalifolia (Oval-Leaf Mint-Bush) · P. ovalifolia 'Variegata' · P. palustris · P. parvifolia · P. patens · P. pedicellata · P. petraea · P. petrophila · P. phylicifolia (Australian Mint Bush)
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Further Reading
- Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5850829
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15541998
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455020-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 885044
Footnotes
- Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
