Английская Википедия:Eremophila ballythunnensis
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Eremophila ballythunnensis is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with narrow oval leaves and mauve-purple flowers with densely hairy sepals.
Description
Eremophila ballythunnensis is a small, spreading shrub growing to Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide. The leaves are arranged alternately, grey-green in colour, narrow oval in shape, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a hairy stalk Шаблон:Convert long. There are 5 lance-shaped, densely hairy green sepals which age to a burgundy colour and are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The petals are purple, Шаблон:Convert long and joined at their lower end to form a flattened, bell-shaped tube which is glabrous inside and out. The 4 stamens are enclosed by the petal tube. Flowering time is mainly from June to August.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Eremophila ballythunnensis was first formally described by Bevan Buirchell and Andrew Brown in 2016 and the description was published in Nuytsia.[3][1] The specific epithet (ballythunnensis) refers to "Ballythunna" Station where it was first seen.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This eremophila is found in the Murchison biogeographic region growing in shallow soil on rocky quartzite hills with Acacia and other Eremophila species.[1][2][4]
Conservation status
Eremophila ballythunnensis has been classified as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[4] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[5]
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