 Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Calperum near Renmark, SA |
 Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
 Shrub. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
_501322_030511_DW.jpg) Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Ennisvale Homestead, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
_501322_030511_DW.jpg) Shrub. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Ennisvale Homestead, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
Common Name
Scotia Bush; Silver Emu-bush, Silvery Emu-bush, Broom Emu-bush
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Notes
Shrub to 3m tall. Leaves mostly opposite each othe, 0.6-2.9cm long, 0.8-2.5mm wide, linear to narrow cylindrical, scaly, with a slightly hooked sharp point. Flowers blue, mauve, white, sometimes violet, tubular, with five lobes, borne singly or in pairs at the bases of the leaves. Family Myoporaceae in SA. Rare Vic.
Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 614
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eremophila~scoparia