Common name: Snowy Mint-bush
Prostanthera nivea var. nivea A.Cunn. ex Benth. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub, often slender, 1–4 m high. Branchlets and leaves glabrous to sparsely covered with white appressed hairs, light to bright green.
Leaves mostly 0.5–1 mm wide.
Prophylls inconspicuous, c. 0.5 mm long. Calyx glabrous or lower lobe ciliate and/or hairy. Corolla white to pale mauve with yellow spots in throat.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest and woodland on rocky slopes and ridges, in shallow sandy soils; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, ?CC, SC, NT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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