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Eremophila pusilliflora

Eremophila pusilliflora is a low, open desert shrub from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, grown for its red to cream bell-shaped flowers. It is drought-adapted and needs sharp drainage and sun.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry fully between waterings; avoid wet roots.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix, or native-type soil with good drainage.
Temperature
15–35 °C; tolerates frost briefly, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eremophila pusilliflora is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, open shrub with narrow egg-shaped leaves and flowers which vary in colour from red to cream with a red tinge. It grows in the Pilbara region.

Where it grows

This eremophila grows on rocky hilltops and in low shrubland on plains which are flooded in winter and drain into the Ashburton River in the Pilbara biogeographic region.

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 pusilliflora 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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