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Eremophila pterocarpa subsp. acicularis

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

A shrub from arid Western Australia, growing 0.6 to 1.8 m high with needle-like grey leaves and red-brown flowers that are orange inside. It is a eremophila (emu bush) grown mainly in dry, sunny, well-drained gardens.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or stony soil; tolerates alkaline and saline conditions.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; frost tolerance varies, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Eremophila pterocarpa subsp. acicularis is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a locally common shrub with grey leaves and sepals and a red flower tube which is orange inside.

Where it grows

Subspecies acicularis occurs between Wiluna and Meekatharra areas where it grows in places that are more rocky or saline than for subspecies pterocarpa.

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 pterocarpa subsp. acicularis 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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