Eremophila glabra

Taxobox
name = Tar Bush

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image_size = 240px
image_caption = "Eremophila glabra" 'Murchison Magic'
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Myoporaceae
genus = "Eremophila"
species = "E. glabra"
binomial = "Eremophila glabra"
binomial_authority =(R.Br.) Ostenf.

"Eremophila glabra" , also known as Tar Bush, is a shrub which is native to Australia.

Description

It grows to between 0.1 and 3 metres in height and has green, yellow, orange, red or brown flowers between early autumn and summer (March to December in Australia).

Taxonomy

The species was first published in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown as "Stenochilus glaber" R.Br.

ubspecies

A number of subspecies have been identified as follows:
*"E.glabra" subsp. "albicans" (Bartl.) Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "biflora" Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "carnosa" Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "chlorella" (Gand.) Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "elegans" Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "glabra" MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "murrayana" Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "tomentosa" Chinnock MS
*"E.glabra" subsp. "verrucosa" Chinnock MS

Distribution

It occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

References

*APNI | name = "Eremophila glabra " (R.Br.) Ostenf.| id = 60382
* [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eremophila~glabra PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online: "Eremophila glabra"]
*FloraBase|name="Eremophila glabra"|id=7215