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Victorian Christmas Bush

Prostanthera lasianthos

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 545, February 117, March 81, April 96, May 95, June 45, July 50, August 64, September 135, October 76, November 216, December 632.
Australia2,152
Victoria1,598
Tasmania354
New South Wales198
South Australia1
Australian Capital Territory1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusMintbushes · Prostanthera

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Victorian Christmas Bush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.