| Eremophila youngii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Eremophila |
| Species: | E. youngii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremophila youngii F.Muell. |
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Eremophila youngii is a species of shrub that occurs in arid and semi-arid areas of Western Australia.
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It is a shrub or small tree from one to 5.4 metres high. It has purple, red or pink flowers, occurring from January to March and from June to October.[1]
The species was first published in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller,[2] based on specimens collected at Queen Victoria Spring by Jess Young during the Giles expedition of May 1875.[3] The specific name honours Young.
There are no published subspecies or varieties, but an unpublished subspecies has been provisionally named E. y. subsp. lepidota by Robert Chinnock.[2] This subspecies, which occurs at the northern limits of the species' distribution, has been declared "Priority Four - Poorly Known Taxa" on the Declared Rare and Priority Flora List of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation.[4]
It occurs throughout the western areas of arid and semi-arid Western Australia. It grows on floodplains, clay flats, semi-saline areas and drainage lines, and amongst stony hills. It prefers red sand, clay or loams, calcrete and laterite.[1]