Eremophila decipiens

Slender Fuchsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Eremophila
Species: E. decipiens
Binomial name
Eremophila decipiens
Ostenf.
Synonyms

Eremophila maculata var. linearifolia S.Moore

Eremophila decipiens is a shrub which is native to Australia. It is also known as Slender Fuchsia, although it is not closely related to the Fuchsia.

Description

This species usually grows to between 0.1 and 1.8 metres in height. It produces red, orange or yellow flowers between February and December in Australia (late summer to early summer).

Taxonomy

The species was originally published as Eremophila maculata var. linearifolia by botanist Spencer Moore in 1920 in the Journal of the Linnean Society. The following year another botanist, Carl Hansen Ostenfeld classified this former variety as a species in its own right.

Distribution

The species occurs in Western Australia and South Australia.

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