Eremophila racemosa
| Showy Eremophila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Eremophila |
| Species: | E. racemosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremophila racemosa (Endl.) F.Muell.[1] | |
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Eremophila racemosa, also known as Showy Eremophila, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.
Description
Plants are usually between 0.5 and 1.7 metres in height and produce purple, pink, red or white flowers between the end of winter and the start of summer (August to December in their native range).[2] The flower change color as they age from bud to full bloom — typically from yellow, orange, then red to pink, or from yellow through to white — many other colour vairations exist. As flowers open in sequence from the bottom to the top of its racemes, a striking multi-colored effect is produced when plants are flowering.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described in Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres by botanist Stephan Endlicher in 1838 and given the name Stenochilus racemosus. The species was transferred into the genus Eremophila by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859.[1]
Distribution
It occurs on loamy soils on undulating plains and roadsides in the south-west of the state.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eremophila racemosa (Endl.) F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Eremophila racemosa". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.