Eremophila abietina

Taxobox
name = Spotted Poverty Bush

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image_size = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Myoporaceae
genus = "Eremophila"
species = "E. abietina "
binomial = "Eremophila abietina "
binomial_authority = Kraenzl.

"Eremophila abietina", also known as Spotted Poverty Bush, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.

Description

Plants are usually between 0.5 and 2 metres in height and produce violet, purple or white flowers between the end of winter and the middle of spring (August to October in Australia).FloraBase|name="Eremophila abietina"|id=7178]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1925 and given the specific epithet "abietina" referring to its fir-like foliage.APNI | name = "Eremophila abietina" Kraenzl. | id = 40401] cite book|author=Moore P.|year=2005|title=Plants of Inland Australia|publisher=Reed New Holland|id=ISBN 187633486X] The type specimen was collected from "Laverton; North Coolgardie" by F.A. Rodway.

Two subspecies have been identified:

*subsp. "abietina" MS
*subsp. "ciliata" Chinnock MS

Distribution

It occurs on gibber plains, calcereous flats and jasper outcrops in an area of the Great Victoria Desert near Laverton.

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