Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Prostanthera cineolifera
Profile last updated:
12 Aug 2019
Description
Erect shrub, 1 - 4 m high, strongly aromatic; branches moderately to densely covered with short, curled hairs and more or less sessile glands. Leaves more or less narrow-ovate, 12 - 50 mm long, 4 - 12 mm wide; apex obtuse; base cuneate to obtuse; margins entire; surfaces light green, mostly hairless, sparsely to densely hairy on midrib on lower surface, densely glandular with more or less sessile glands. Flowers clustered at the ends of branches; bracteoles not persistent, 1 - 2 mm long. Sepals 3 - 4 mm long; tube 2 - 2.5 mm long; upper lobe 1 - 2 mm long, not enlarged in fruit. Petals 8 - 11 mm long, pale mauve to dark purple-mauve, darker in throat. The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain.
Distribution
Restricted to only a few localities near Scone, Cessnock and St Albans.
Habitat and ecology
- Grows in open woodlands on exposed sandstone ridges.
- Usually found in association with shallow or skeletal sands.
- Fire response is unknown, but other Prostanthera species are fire sensitive, with recruitment occurring from the soil seed bank following a fire.
- Life span is unknown but is expected to be in the vicinity of 10-20 years while the estimated minimum time to produce seed is approximately 3-4 years.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Lack of taxonomic certainty.
- The known populations are small and therefore highly susceptible to demographic and environmental stochasticity.
- Frequent fire may threaten some populations given it is fire sensitive.
- Insufficient understanding of distribution.
Recovery strategies
A Saving Our Species conservation project is currently being developed for this species and will be available soon. For information on how you can contribute to this species' recovery, see the Activities to assist this species section below.
Activities to assist this species
- Protect areas of known and potential habitat from clearing and further fragmentation.
- Monitor the dynamics of populations and establish threats.
- Determine its taxonomic status.
- Undertake research into its biology and ecology.
- Undertake targeted surveys to establish extent of species and conservation status.
Information sources
- Baker, R.T. and Smith, H.G. (1912) On a new species of Prostanthera and its essential oils. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 46(1): 105.
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) Flora of New South Wales Vol. 3. UNSW Press, Kensington, NSW.
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