Eremophila racemosa

Showy Eremophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Eremophila
Species: E. racemosa
Binomial name
Eremophila racemosa
(Endl.) F.Muell.[1]
Synonyms
  • Stenochilus racemosus Endl.
  • Eremophila steedmanii C.A.Gardner MS
  • Eremophila bicolor Chinnock

Eremophila racemosa, also known as Showy Eremophila, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.

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Description

Plants are usually between 0.5 and 1.7 metres in height and produce purple, pink, red or white flowers between the end of winter and the start of summer (August to December in their native range).[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres by botanist Stephan Endlicher in 1838 and given the name Stenochilus racemosus. The species was transferred into the genus Eremophila by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859.[1]

Distribution

It occurs on loamy soils on undulating plains and roadsides in the south-west of the state.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eremophila racemosa (Endl.) F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=61594. 
  2. ^ a b "Eremophila racemosa". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7260.