Eremophila laanii

Eremophila laanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Eremophila
Species: E. laanii
Binomial name
Eremophila laanii
F.Muell.

Eremophila laanii is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.

Description

Plants are usually between 1 and 2.5 metres in height and have white, pink or purple flowers between the start of winter and the start of summer (June to December in Australia).

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1884 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The type specimen was collected on the Upper Murchison River, near Mount Hale, by C. Crossland.

Distribution

It occurs on clay or sandy clay soils on floodplains and riverbanks.

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