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Eremophila glabra subsp. carnosa

Eremophila glabra subsp. carnosa is a plant in the family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is similar to other shrubs in the species Eremophila glabra but is distinguished from them mainly by its narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and by the type and arrangement of hairs on its leaves and branches. It is found in coastal areas between Leeman and Gregory.

Description

Eremophila glabra subsp. carnosa is a spreading shrub growing to high. The leaves are bright green, slightly fleshy, well-spaced along the branches, lance-shaped, long and wide.

The flowers occur singly in the leaf axils on flower stalks long. There are 5 overlapping, thick and fleshy sepals which are lance-shaped, long and wide. The 5 petals form a tube long. The lowest petal lobe is narrower that the rest and is turned back below the flower. Flowering occurs from May to January and is followed by fruit which are oval to almost spherical and long.

Taxonomy and naming

Eremophila glabra subsp. carnosa was first described in 2007 by Robert Chinnock in 2007.

Distribution and habitat

Eremophila glabra subsp. carnosa occurs in coastal areas between Gregory and Leeman where it grows in sand near saline flats.

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