Eremophila eriocalyx
| Eremophila eriocalyx | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Eremophila |
| Species: | E. eriocalyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremophila eriocalyx F. Muell. | |
Eremophila eriocalyx, commonly known as desert pride, is a shrub that is native to Australia.
Description
It is a spindly shrub which usually grows to between 0.8 and 2 metres high. It produces white, cream, yellow or pink flowers between August and October in Australia (late winter to mid spring)[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described in 1859 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. His description was based on plant material collected by Augustus Frederick Oldfield near the Murchison River.[2]
Distribution
The species occurs in Western Australia. Although the species is recorded near the border of South Australia, it is not recorded in the Census of South Australian Vascular Plants[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eremophila eriocalyx". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ "Eremophila eriocalyx". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ "Census of South Australian Vascular Plants". Retrieved 1 August 2011.