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Eremophila goodwinii

Eremophila goodwinii
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Eremophila goodwinii, known as purple fuchsia bush or Goodwin's emu bush, is a sticky-leaved, resinous shrub native to arid and semi-arid Australia. It thrives in full sun and sharp drainage, and tolerates long dry spells once established.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly while establishing, then only during prolonged dry spells; let soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; tolerates red earths and rocky ground.
Temperature
15–35 °C; tolerates heat and frost to about -5 °C once established
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila goodwinii, commonly known purple fuchsia bush and Goodwin's emu bush is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small, spreading or erect shrub with most parts sticky due to the presence of resin, tapering leaves and pale lilac to mauve flowers. It occurs in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Where it grows

In New South Wales, this species is common on the central west slopes north of Parkes, the north-west plains and far north-west plains where it grows on red earths, on level sand and on rocky hillsides. It also occurs in nearby areas in Queensland and scattered populations further north in that state. It is also found in southern central Northern Territory and a small adjacent area of the Central Ranges biogeographic region in Western Australia.

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 goodwinii 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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