Keyed Out #112 — Prostanthera cuneata

Question 1

The small blooms are built on a short tube ending in two unequal lips, a hooded upper set over a spreading three-lobed lower.

Accepted Answer

mint family

Question 2

The {ovary} is deeply four-lobed and ripens into a {schizocarp} that breaks into four separate one-seeded {nutlets}.

Accepted Answer

Lamiaceae

Question 3

Behind each bloom the small purple-tinged cup of {sepals} is cut into just two lips, not a rim of five even teeth.

Accepted Answer

Prostanthera

Question 4

All four {stamens} carry pollen, set in two unequal pairs, and each pollen sac's {connective} runs out below into a slender spur.

Accepted Answer

Prostanthera

Question 5

The leaves are minute and glossy, barely 0.2 inch (4 to 6 mm) long, broadest near the blunt tip and narrowing to a base that sits flush against the twig without a stalk.

Accepted Answer

Prostanthera cuneata

Question 6

Flowers sit singly in four to ten leaf {axils} along the upper branchlets rather than gathering into branched sprays at the shoot tips.

Accepted Answer

Prostanthera cuneata