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Eremophila ciliata

Eremophila ciliata, Archer's eremophila, is a small erect, spreading shrub from the figwort family, known only from a tiny area in southern Western Australia. It is best grown in full sun with excellent drainage, as it comes from dry Mallee country.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little extra water.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; avoid heavy, waterlogged clay.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and mild winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila ciliata, commonly known as Archer's eremophila is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with short, thick leaves and small lilac to mauve flowers. It is only known from a population of about 100 plants.

Where it grows

Eremophila ciliata is only known from the type location in the Mallee biogeographic region where it grows in a narrow strip of sandy loam over granite.

Other Eremophila plants

Emu Bush · Diocirea acutifolia · Diocirea microphylla · Diocirea ternata · Diocirea violacea · Emu Bush · Eremophila abietina · Eremophila accrescens · Eremophila acrida · Eremophila adenotricha · Eremophila alatisepala · Narrow Leaved Emu Bush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila ciliata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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