Eremophila glabra

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Tar Bush
Eremophila glabra 'Murchison Magic'
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Eremophila
Species: E. glabra
Binomial name
Eremophila glabra
(R.Br.) Ostenf.

Eremophila glabra, also known as Tar Bush, is a shrub which is native to Australia.

Description

It grows to between 0.1 and 3 metres in height and has green, yellow, orange, red or brown flowers between early autumn and summer (March to December in Australia).

Taxonomy

The species was first published in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown as Stenochilus glaber R.Br.

Subspecies

A number of subspecies have been identified as follows:

  • E.glabra subsp. albicans (Bartl.) Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. biflora Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. carnosa Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. chlorella (Gand.) Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. elegans Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. glabra MS
  • E.glabra subsp. murrayana Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. tomentosa Chinnock MS
  • E.glabra subsp. verrucosa Chinnock MS

Distribution

It occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

References

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