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Eremophila delisseri is a small, greyish-white shrub from the Nullarbor Plain of South Australia, valued for its lilac flowers in spring. The key to growing it is well-drained soil, full sun and little water once established.
Eremophila delisseri is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to an area of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. it is a shrub with lilac-coloured flowers and with most of its parts covered with white hairs.
This species rivals the popular Eremophila nivea as a specimen plant in the garden. It flowers abundantly in spring featuring its lilac-coloured to purple flowers and whitish-grey leaves which curl away from the stem. It can be grown from cuttings or by grafting onto Myoporum, preferring well-drained soils and full sun. It is drought tolerant and resistant to all but the most severe frosts.
Eremophila delisseri occurs on the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. It was previously thought to grow in Western Australia but this may have been because of errors in determining precise location. It grows in calcareous loam.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila delisseri 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.
