- Eremophila youngii
Taxobox
name = "Eremophila youngii"
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Myoporaceae
genus = "Eremophila"
species = "E. youngii"
binomial = "Eremophila youngii"
binomial_authority = F.Muell."Eremophila youngii" is a species of shrub that occurs in arid and semi-arid areas of
Western Australia .Description
It is a shrub or small tree from one to 5.4 metres high. It has purple, red or pink flowers, occurring from January to March and from June to October.FloraBase | name = Eremophila youngii | id = 7285]
Taxonomy
The species was first published in 1876 by
Ferdinand von Mueller ,APNI | name = Eremophila youngii F.Muell. | id = 62560] based on specimens collected atQueen Victoria Spring byJess Young during theGiles expedition of May 1875 .cite book | first = Norman | last = Hall | year = 1978 | title = Botanists of the Eucalypts | location = Australia | publisher =Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization | id=ISBN 0643002715] The specific name honours Young.There are no published subspecies or varieties, but an unpublished subspecies has been provisionally named "E. y." subsp. "lepidota" by
Robert Chinnock . This subspecies, which occurs at the northern limits of the species' distribution, has been declared "Priority Four - Poorly Known Taxa" on theDeclared Rare and Priority Flora List of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation.FloraBase | name = Eremophila youngii subsp. lepidota Chinnock ms | id = 16040]Distribution
It occurs throughout the western areas of arid and semi-arid Western Australia. It grows on floodplains, clay flats, semi-saline areas and drainage lines, and amongst stony hills. It prefers red sand, clay or loams,
calcrete andlaterite .References
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