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Eremophila verticillata, whorled eremophila, is a rounded or spreading native shrub from Western Australia, grown in gardens for its hardiness and purple flowers. It is a rare species in the wild, and the key to growing it is full sun or part shade with little watering once established.
Eremophila verticillata, commonly known as whorled eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading or rounded shrub with a strong odour, small leaves pressed against the stem and purple flowers. It is a rare plant, partly due to land clearing.
Some specimens of this species have been in cultivation for more than 30 years and its hardiness indicate its potential in a low maintenance garden. It also makes a valuable container plant. Propagation from cuttings is relatively easy and the shrub will grow in a wide range of soils, including those that are slightly saline or based on clay. It performs well in full sun or part shade, is very frost tolerant and usually does not need watering, even during a long drought.
Whorled eremophila grows in loam over limestone in woodland near Newdegate in the Mallee biogeographic region. It used to occur between Kalgarin and Pingaring but that population is thought to have become extinct due to land clearing in 1980.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila verticillata 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.
