Eremophila decipiens

Taxobox
name = Slender Fuchsia

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image_size = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Myoporaceae
genus = "Eremophila"
species = "E. decipiens"
binomial = "Eremophila decipiens"
binomial_authority = Ostenf.
synonyms= "Eremophila maculata" var. "linearifolia" S.Moore

"Eremophila decipiens" is a shrub which is native to Australia. It is also known as Slender Fuchsia, although it is not closely related to the "Fuchsia".

Description

This species usually grows to between 0.1 and 1.8 metres in height. It produces red, orange or yellow flowers between February and December in Australia (late summer to early summer).

Taxonomy

The species was originally published as "Eremophila maculata" var. "linearifolia" by botanist Spencer Moore in 1920 in the "Journal of the Linnean Society". The following year another botanist, Carl Hansen Ostenfeld classified this former variety as a species in its own right.

Distribution

The species occurs in Western Australia and South Australia.

References

*APNI | name = "Eremophila decipiens" Ostenf.| id = 59603
*FloraBase|name="Eremophila decipiens"|id=7193