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Eremophila hamulata

Eremophila hamulata
Photo: Andrew Thornhill, CC BY 4.0

Eremophila hamulata is an erect, woody, sticky-branched shrub of Western Australia's Coolgardie region, growing 1 to 2 m tall and wide with mauve-purple flowers. It is best grown in full sun in free-draining soil in dry climates, as is typical for the genus.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates heat and light frost but protect from prolonged cold and waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila hamulata is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with sticky branches, narrow, hooked leaves and hairy mauve-purple flowers.

Where it grows

This eremophila is found in scattered locations between McDermid Rock and Boorabbin Rock in the Coolgardie biogeographic region usually growing near granite outcrops or near creeks in woodland.

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 hamulata 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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