| Eremophila laccata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Eremophila |
| Species: | E. laccata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremophila laccata | |
Eremophila laccata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to an area near Carnegie in Western Australia. It is a small, low, spindly shrub with scattered, linear leaves, and pink, flattened bell-shaped flowers.
Eremophila laccata is a low, spindly shrub growing to 120 cm (50 in) high and 40–100 cm (20–40 in) wide. The branches are glabrous and sticky with resin. The leaves are arranged alternately, mostly 7–18 mm (0.3–0.7 in) long, about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide, linear in shape and glabrous with their edges rolled downwards. [2]
The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 3–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long. There are 5 lance-shaped, green sepals which are 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and hairy on part of the inner surface. The petals are 10–11 mm (0.4–0.4 in) long and joined at their lower end to form a flattened, bell-shaped tube. The petal tube is pink to pinkish white and both the inner and outer surfaces are hairy. The 4 stamens are enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering time is mainly between June and September, but may occur at other times if conditions are favourable. The fruit are oval, shiny and glabrous. [2]
Eremophila laccata was first formally described by Bevan Buirchell and Andrew Phillip Brown in 2016 and the description was published in Nuytsia . [3] [2] The specific epithet (laccata) is a Latin word meaning "appearing varnished" [4] referring to the smooth, shiny fruit. [2]
This eremophila is only known from near the Canning Stock Route in the Gascoyne and Little Sandy Desert biogeographic regions where in shallow red-brown soil in mulga. [2] [5]
Eremophila laccata is only known from a few scattered populations and has been classified as "Priority One" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife [5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk. [6]
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Eremophila appressa, commonly known as wispy poverty bush, is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to two remote locations in the central west of Western Australia. Its most unusual feature is its leaves which, at least when young, are less than 2.5 mm (0.1 in) long and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide and are glued to the stem by resin.
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Eremophila rugosa is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sticky, shiny leaves and pink, purple or mauve flowers.
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Eremophila tenella is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with pendulous branches and with its branches and leaves covered with a layer of fine, branched, yellow-grey hairs. Its buds are yellowish but open to white or pale lilac flowers.
Eremophila willsii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect shrub with bright green, often serrated leaves and pinkish to deep pinkish-purple petals. It is mainly found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia in deep sand.
Eremophila buirchellii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with densely clustered leaves, pink, bell-shaped flowers and with most parts of the plant covered with greyish, branched hairs.
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Eremophila capricornica is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with woolly branches, grey, hairy leaves and mauve to lilac-coloured flowers with hairy sepals.
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