Английская Википедия:Eremophila virens
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Eremophila virens, commonly known as green-flowered eremophila or Campion eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with large, shiny leaves and hairy, yellowish-green flowers.
Description
Eremophila virens is an erect shrub which grows to a height of between Шаблон:Convert with branches that are glabrous apart from matted white to yellowish hairs around the bases of young leaves. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and have a stalk Шаблон:Convert long which has a furrow on the upper surface and is densely covered with white to yellowish, matted hairs. The leaf blade is sticky, lance-shaped to egg-shaped, folded lengthwise with a tapered end, mostly Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide, glabrous and sometimes with small teeth along the edge.[1][2][3]
The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to 3 in leaf axils on sticky, S-shaped stalks that are Шаблон:Convert. There are 5 overlapping, sticky green, oblong to narrow egg-shaped, more or less hairy sepals which are Шаблон:Convert long and mostly glabrous except for dense yellowish hairs near the top of the inner surface. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is green to yellowish-green and lacks spots. Both inner and outer surfaces are hairy but the hairs on the inner surface of the tube and its lobes are glandular. The 4 stamens extend beyond the end of the petal tube. Flowering occurs between August and October and is followed by fruit which are dry, woody, oval-shaped to almost spherical, Шаблон:Convert in diameter with a glabrous covering.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described by Charles Gardner in 1942 from a specimen he collected near Campion. The description was published in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.[4] The specific epithet (virens) is a Latin word meaning "becoming green".[5]
Distribution and habitat
Green-flowered eremophila grows in sandy soil on quartzite hills and near granite outcrops in the Mukinbudin - Warralakin area[2] in the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie biogeographic regions.[6]
Conservation
Eremophila virens is classified as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia).[6] It is listed as "Endangered" (EN) under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)[7] and a recovery plan has been prepared.[3] In 2008 it was known from 14 populations over a range of Шаблон:Convert, none of which had more than 250 individual mature plants.[3]
Use in horticulture
This is one of the earliest flowering eremophilas, often having blossoms as early as July. Although the flowers are mostly green, they are attractive to nectar-feeding birds. The plant can be propagated from cuttings but these are slow to strike and grafting onto Myoporum rootstock is usually more reliable. It will grow in a wide range of soils in either full sun or part shade, only needs an occasional watering during a long dry spell but can be damaged by heavy frosts. Tip pruning to remove frost-damaged leaves helps to keep the plant compact and sometimes encourages the development of additional flowers.[8]
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