Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 508 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 101 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 230 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 153 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 420 [secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera: 12-13, 52, 55, 57, 165, 172 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "blue"

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 137 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 396-398 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 655 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prostanthera sp. (Wallangarra T.D.Stanley 7876) [n/a] by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 396-398

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Lilac Mint Bush [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Prostanthera coerulea Benth. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prostanthera petraea B.J.Conn legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 396-398

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