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Eremophila jucunda subsp. jucunda

Eremophila jucunda subsp. jucunda
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eremophila jucunda subsp. jucunda is a small, hairy shrub from Western Australia with white to lilac-purple flowers and bright yellow new growth. It is a native of dry, stony hillsides and mulga woodland, so good drainage and full sun are the keys to growing it.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it resents wet roots.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix, or native-style soil on a slope.
Temperature
10–40 °C; tolerates heat and light frost, protect below -3 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Eremophila jucunda subsp. jucunda is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and white to violet flowers often growing on stony hillsides. It is similar to subspecies pulcherrima but is distinguished from it by its yellow new growth and more southerly distribution.

Where it grows

Eremophila jucunda subsp. jucunda grows on stony flats or hillsides, often in mulga woodland. It occurs in a broad area between Sandstone and Mount Vernon.

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 jucunda subsp. jucunda 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.

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