Eremophila Clarkei
''Eremophila clarkei'', commonly known as turpentine bush, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a shrub which is variable in form, but usually with narrow leaves and white or pale pink flowers. It is similar to ''Eremophila georgei'' and ''Eremophila granitica''. Description ''Eremophila clarkei'' is an erect shrub growing to a height of between and wide with branches that are flattened near their tip, glabrous and very sticky due to the presence of resin. The leaves are dark green, widely spaced and arranged alternately along the stems, linear to narrow elliptic in shape and mostly long and wide. The leaf margins may be smooth, wavy or toothed. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on an s-shaped, flattened stalk which is long. There are 5 linear, green to purple sepals differing slightly in length, long and lance-shaped. The petals are long and joined at th ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Augustus Frederick Oldfield
Augustus Frederick Oldfield (1821–1887) was an English botanist and zoologist who made large collections of plant specimens in Australia. Oldfield was born on 12 January 1821 in London, England. He made botanical collections in Tasmania, the coastal regions of Western Australia, and on the Nullarbor Plain. Records of his journey note him walking from Sydney to Melbourne, and collections at Twofold Bay, the Huon Valley and mountains in Tasmania, and other regions in the 1850s and 60s. The larg