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Eremophila prolata is a drought-tolerant Western Australian shrub in the figwort family, growing 0.8 to 1.8 m tall with white to deep lilac flowers. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and a frost-free site, and it is hard to propagate except by grafting.
Eremophila prolata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with a rounded top, prominently ridged, hairy branches, narrow leaves and white to deep lilac-coloured flowers.
The pale lilac to deep purple flowers of this eremophila are well displayed and it is a valuable garden plant in frost-free gardens. It is difficult to propagate except by grafting onto Myoporum rootstock and needs to be grown well-drained soil in a sunny position. It is very drought resistant although an occasional watering during a long drought may stimulate flowering.
Eremophila prolata is only known from near Yarlarweelor Station in the Gascoyne and Murchison biogeographic regions of Western Australia growing in red-brown clay in stony places.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila prolata 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.
