Prostanthera striatiflora
Prostanthera striatiflora, commonly known as jockey's cap, striated mintbush or striped mintbush, Description. "Prostanthera striatiflora" is an erect, aromatic shrub that typically grows to a height of and has only sparsely hairy branches. The leaves are narrow egg-shaped to narrow elliptic, long, wide, mostly glabrous and sessile or on a petiole up to long. The flowers are arranged in groups of four to about twelve near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are light green, often with a faint purple tinge and form a tube long with two lobes, long . The petals are white, long, forming a tube long with purple lines inside. The middle lower lobe is spatula-shaped, long and wide and the side lobes are long. The upper lip is long and wide with a central notch deep. Flowering occurs from July to November. Taxonomy. "Prostanthera striatiflora" was first formally described in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller in "Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde" based on plant specimens that he collected during his 1851 expedition through the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Distribution and habitat. Jockey's cap occurs  in arid areas of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory where it grows in woodland in rocky, dry terrain. Use in horticulture. The species is cultivated for its showy flowers and aromatic foliage. It prefers a well-drained situation in full sun or partial shade and tolerates both dryness and frost. It is suited to cultivation in large containers.