Common Name: Broom Emubush
Botanical Name: Eremophila scoparia
Family: MYOPORACEAE
Description:
Erect, broom-like, silvery, small to medium shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Narrow, opposite, to 1.5 cm long by 1 mm wide, flat on one side, rounded on the other, curved pointed tips, leaf base extending down onto branchlet. White to bluish-purple, tubed (bell-shaped) flowers, approximately 2 cm long, stamens not projecting, 5-rounded lobes, solitary in upper leaf axils. Late winter to late spring. Small, dry, conical, beaked drupe, to 5 mm long. Late summer to early autumn.
Erect, broom-like, silvery, small to medium shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Narrow, opposite, to 1.5 cm long by 1 mm wide, flat on one side, rounded on the other, curved pointed tips, leaf base extending down onto branchlet. White to bluish-purple, tubed (bell-shaped) flowers, approximately 2 cm long, stamens not projecting, 5-rounded lobes, solitary in upper leaf axils. Late winter to late spring. Small, dry, conical, beaked drupe, to 5 mm long. Late summer to early autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Scattered throughout the northern lower rainfall districts of SA including the Northern Lofty, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula and Murray region. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Scattered throughout the northern lower rainfall districts of SA including the Northern Lofty, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula and Murray region. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
A plant of inland northern arid regions of SA. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
A plant of inland northern arid regions of SA. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
