Prostanthera nivea
Introduction Habit''Prostanthera nivea'' var. ''induta'''''''Prostanthera nivea''''', commonly known as '''snowy mint-bush''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with linear to cylindrical leaves and white flowers arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets and is one of the mint-bushes that is not aromatic.
Description ''Prostanthera nivea'' is an erect or spreading shrub that grows to a height of  with four-ridged branches but is not aromatic. The leaves are linear to more or less cylindrical,  long and  wide and sessile. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branches with bracteoles that are inconspicuous or up to  long at the base. The sepals are  long forming a tube  long with two lobes, the upper lobe  long. The petals are white to mauve,  long with yellow spots inside the tube. Flowering occurs from September to December.
Taxonomy ''Prostanthera nivea'' was first formally described in 1834 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Alan Cunningham. Bentham's description was published in his book ''Labiatarum Genera et Species''.Bentham described two varieties and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:*''Prostanthera nivea'' var. ''induta'' Benth., an erect, often dense shrub  high with branches densely covered with white hairs, leaves mostly  wide and leafy, linear bracteoles  long;*''Prostanthera nivea'' A.Cunn. ex Benth. var. ''nivea'', an erect, often thin shrub  high with branches that are glabrous or only sparsely covered with white hairs, leaves mostly  wide and inconspicuous bracteoles.
Distribution and habitat Snowy mint-bush grows in forest, woodland and heath in south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and Victoria. Subspecies ''induta'' grows in rocky crevices or on ledges in the Warrumbungles with a single collection from the Pilliga forest.
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