Английская Википедия:Eremophila daddii

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Eremophila daddii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a large shrub with sticky branches, hairy leaves and brown and cream-coloured flowers blotched with purple.

Description

Eremophila daddii is a shrub growing to Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide with sticky, hairy branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, clustered near the ends of the branches, dull green, lance-shaped, 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, light brown, hairy sepals Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide which turn pinkish as they age. The petals are light brown and cream with purple spots or blotches, Шаблон:Convert long and joined at their lower end to form a tube which has a few short hairs inside and out. The four stamens extend beyond the end of the petal tube. Flowering time is mainly from June to September.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Eremophila daddii was first formally described by Bevan Buirchell and Andrew Brown in 2016 and the description was published in Nuytsia.[3] The specific epithet (daddii) honours Ronald James Dadd of Goomalling who discovered this species.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This eremophila is only known from a single population near Wiluna in the Gascoyne and Murchison biogeographic regions growing near granite outcrops and eroded hillsides with Acacia and other Eremophila species.[1][2][4]

Conservation status

Eremophila daddii 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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