Eremophila youngii

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

Eremophila youngii is a species of shrub that occurs in arid and semi-arid areas of Western Australia.

Description

It is a shrub or small tree from one to 5.4 metres high. It has purple, red or pink flowers, occurring from January to March and from June to October.^[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first published in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller,^[2] based on specimens collected at Queen Victoria Spring by Jess Young during the Giles expedition of May 1875.^[3] The specific name honours Young.

There are no published subspecies or varieties, but an unpublished subspecies has been provisionally named E. y. subsp. lepidota by Robert Chinnock.^[2] This subspecies, which occurs at the northern limits of the species' distribution, has been declared "Priority Four - Poorly Known Taxa" on the Declared Rare and Priority Flora List of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation.^[4]

Distribution

It occurs throughout the western areas of arid and semi-arid Western Australia. It grows on floodplains, clay flats, semi-saline areas and drainage lines, and amongst stony hills. It prefers red sand, clay or loams, calcrete and laterite.^[1]

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