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Eremophila neglecta

Eremophila neglecta
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0

Eremophila neglecta is a resinous, sticky-branched Australian shrub of the figwort family, native to dry stony plains and mulga woodland. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water once established.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; drought tolerant once established.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or stony mix; tolerates clay if it drains well.
Temperature
10-35 °C; tolerates heat and dry conditions, protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Northern Territory to South Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila neglecta is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub which branches from ground level and which has lance-shaped leaves and orange-red flowers. It occurs in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Where it grows

Eremophila neglecta occurs in the northern part of South Australia and the southern part of the Northern Territory where it grows in stony clay on rocky hills and plains, usually in mulga 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 neglecta 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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