Botanical atlas
Alpine Mint Bush
Prostanthera cuneata
This plant is kept in the atlas for identification and safety, not for use. Read the safety notes below before handling it, and keep it away from children, cats, and food.
Alpine Mint Bush grows wild along the wind-scoured heathlands of the Victorian and New South Wales high country, where its small, leathery leaves release a sharp, eucalyptus-like mint fragrance the moment they are brushed or crushed. Gardeners prize it as one of the few members of its genus tough enough to shrug off hard frosts, which carried it out of the Australian alps and into cottage gardens and rockeries across cooler climates worldwide. Its documented history is more horticultural than medicinal, valued for generations simply as a hardy, sweetly scented hedge and border plant rather than as a healing herb.
Safety.
Alpine mint bush is not documented as toxic and is commonly grown and handled without concern, though as with any aromatic plant, stop use if the crushed foliage irritates your skin.
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