The genus eremophila comprises more than 270 species, all of which are endemic to mainland Australia.'Eremophila' means desert loving. They mostly occur in arid and semi-arid areas. The petals are joined, at least at the base to form a tube. The upper two petals are often different in shape and/or size from the lower ones. Eremophila flowers are colourful in shades of pink, violet, orange and red.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila clarkeiTURPENTINE BUSH. Eremophila clarkei is a slender shrub with shiny leaves usually in the range of .45 to 3 m high.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila clarkeiTURPENTINE BUSH. Eremophila clarkei can also be blueish or mauve. It is a hardy plant and occurs over the central half of Western Australia extending from the coast into the Northern Territory and South Australia.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila clarkeiTURPENTINE BUSH. Eremophila clarkei is an upright open shrub.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila clarkeiTURPENTINE BUSH. Eremophila clarkei. This photo shows the curved, shiny leaves, a pale pink flower and a hairy developing fruit.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila drummondiiDRUMMOND'S EREMOPHILA. Eremophila drummondii has white fluff in the tube.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila drummondiiDRUMMOND'S EREMOPHILA. Eremophila drummondii bush. This species grows throughout most of the wheatbelt except for the Great Southern and into the western edge of the goldfields.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila drummondiiDRUMMOND'S EREMOPHILA. Eremophila drummondii is a bushy shrub up to 2 m high with quite large mauve flowers on long flower stalks.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila ionanthaVIOLET-FLOWERED EREMOPHILA: Eremophila ionantha is a shrub that can grow to 2 m high. It has rounded upturned leaves and and bluish purple flowers.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila ionanthaVIOLET-FLOWERED EREMOPHILA: Mostly occurs in the eastern wheatbelt and goldfields area of Western Australia.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila decipiensNATIVE FUSCHIA or SLENDER FUSCHIA. Eremophila decipiens occurs throughout the Western Australian wheatbelt and also a bit further east and north.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila decipiensNATIVE FUCHSIA or SLENDER FUCHSIA. The flowers look similar to the garden fuchsia but the species are not related.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila decipiensNATIVE FUSCHIA or SLENDER FUSCHIA. Eremophila decipiens grows to about 1.8 m high. It has bright green leaves and long orange to red flowers.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila decipiensNATIVE FUSCHIA or SLENDER FUSCHIA. Eremophila decipiens. The long flower stalk and hairy interior of the flower tube can be seen in this photo.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila oppositifolia subsp. angustifoliaWESTERN WYOOKA. Eremophila oppositifolia. Westonia is near the southern edge of its range which extends north to Exmouth and east to the Great Victoria Desert.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Eremophila oppositifolia subsp. angustifoliaWESTERN WYOOKA. Eremophila oppositifolia. The yellowish calyx opens while the flower bud is still very small.