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Eremophila incisa

Eremophila incisa
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eremophila incisa is a small, spreading, resinous shrub from the arid interior of Western Australia, grown mainly in dry gardens and xeriscapes. Its key to success is excellent drainage and full sun.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings; established plants need little or no extra water.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gravelly soil; avoid heavy clay and waterlogging.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; frost tolerance is limited, so protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila incisa is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low shrub with shiny leaves which have thickened teeth along their edges and hairy, mauve or purple flowers.

Where it grows

Eremophila incisa grows on plains in shallow soils between Newman and Meekatharra in the Gascoyne, Murchison and Pilbara biogeographic regions.

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 incisa 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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