Common Name: Opposite-leaved Emubush
Botanical Name: Eremophila oppositifolia
Family: MYOPORACEAE
Description:
Rounded shrub to small tree of northern arid areas, pale grey-green, 1-6 m high. Very narrow, pale grey-green, finely hairy, mostly opposite, 3-10 cm long by 2 mm wide, commonly with hooked tips. Cream to pink, tubular flowers, petal-like lobes, stamens not projecting, 1-4 per leaf axil. May to October. Dry, finely hairy, oblong-cylindrical drupe. Summer to early autumn.
Rounded shrub to small tree of northern arid areas, pale grey-green, 1-6 m high. Very narrow, pale grey-green, finely hairy, mostly opposite, 3-10 cm long by 2 mm wide, commonly with hooked tips. Cream to pink, tubular flowers, petal-like lobes, stamens not projecting, 1-4 per leaf axil. May to October. Dry, finely hairy, oblong-cylindrical drupe. Summer to early autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Scattered throughout lower rainfall districts of SA including the Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty and Murray region. Commonly occurs on red-brown sandy loams. Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to northern arid areas.
Scattered throughout lower rainfall districts of SA including the Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty and Murray region. Commonly occurs on red-brown sandy loams. Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to northern arid areas.
Notes:
The botanical name Eremophila comes from the Greek 'eremophiles' meaning 'loving solitude or desert'. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
The botanical name Eremophila comes from the Greek 'eremophiles' meaning 'loving solitude or desert'. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
