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Eremophila cuneata

Eremophila cuneata is a rarely seen, low shrub of about 1 m, endemic to the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, known from only a few plants in the wild. It is a dry-country species with thick, fleshy leaves and is not a common garden plant, so care advice is largely general for the genus.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it is adapted to arid conditions.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or calcareous, gritty mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila cuneata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the Shark Bay area of Western Australia. It is a rarely-seen, small shrub with wedge-shaped leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

Eremophila cuneata is known from only three plants seen by Malcolm Trudgen in the Steep Point area growing below limestone outcrops in calcareous sand in the Yalgoo biogeographic region.

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 cuneata 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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