Eremophila laanii

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Eremophila laanii

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Myoporaceae
Genus: Eremophila
Species: E. laanii
Binomial name
Eremophila laanii
F.Muell.

Eremophila laanii is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.

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[edit] Description

Plants are usually between 1 and 2.5 metres in height and have white, pink or purple flowers between the start of winter and the start of summer (June to December in Australia).

[edit] Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1884 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The type specimen was collected on the Upper Murchison River, near Mount Hale, by C. Crossland.

[edit] Distribution

It occurs on clay or sandy clay soils on floodplains and riverbanks.

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