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There are no published subspecies or varieties, but an unpublished subspecies has been provisionally named E. y. subsp.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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eremophila youngii". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  2. 1 2 "Eremophila youngii F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ↑ Hall, Norman (1978). Botanists of the Eucalypts. Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. ISBN 0-643-00271-5.
  4. ↑ "Eremophila youngii subsp. lepidota Chinnock ms". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
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