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Eremophila koobabbiensis is a compact, erect shrub from Western Australia, known from a single farm in the wild and grown from cuttings elsewhere. It is grown for its bright green foliage and lilac to pale mauve flowers, and it is easy to propagate and tolerant of drought and frost.
Eremophila koobabbiensis, commonly known as Koobabbie eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy branches, pale green leaves and lilac to pale mauve flowers. It is only known from a single farm where there were 96 mature plants in 2010, but specimens grown from cuttings survive in Victoria (Australia) and South Australia, as well as in Kings Park, Perth.
This eremophila has attractive, bright green foliage and subtle blue flowers in summer. It is easily propagated from cuttings, will grow in full sun or partial shade and is tolerant of both drought and frost.
Eremophila koobabbiensis is only known from the farm known as Koobabbie in the Avon Wheatbelt biogeographic region, where there were 96 mature plants in 2010. They were growing in open Eucalyptus woodland. Since then a recovery plan has been prepared, cuttings have been taken and are growing in South Australia, Victoria and Kings Park. Plantings have also been successful at Koobabbie.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila koobabbiensis 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.
