Eremophila demissa is a low, compact, spreading shrub which grows to a height of less than Шаблон:Convert with leaves and branches covered with fine hairs giving the surface a felty texture. The leaves are densely clustered near the ends of the branches and are elliptic to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2]
The flowers are borne singly, rarely in pairs, in leaf axils on a densely hairy, straight stalk Шаблон:Convert long. There are 5 slightly overlapping, lance-shaped to elliptic sepals which are hairy on the outer surface and mostly Шаблон:Convert long. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long and joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is light purple to mauve on the outside, darker on the petal lobes and whitish inside with faint purple spots. Part of the outside of the petal tube and petal lobes are hairy and the inside of the tube is filled with long, soft hairs. Flowering occurs from March to August and is followed by fruits which are oval-shaped with a papery, light brown covering and Шаблон:Convert long.[1][2]
Eremophila demissa was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 2007, and the description was published in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae. The type specimen was collected by Chinnock on Neds Peak Road, about Шаблон:Convert from the Great Northern Highway.[3][1][2] The specific epithet (demissa) is a Latinadjective meaning "drooping", "weak" or "feeble"[4] referring to the growth habit of this species.[1]
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