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Eremophila nivea
Native to southern Western Australia on sandy clay and clay loam. Eremophila is a large genus of 214 species, all endemic to this country. They are generally plants of inland and arid areas.
Eremophila nivea is a shrub to about 1.5 m high by a similar width. It has a very distinctive silvery appearance. The soft leaves are linear to lance-shaped, about 30 mm long by 4 mm wide. The mauve or lilac-coloured flowers are seen late winter to early summer, and are about 20 mm long and tubular in shape. The fruits are egg shaped and about 6 mm long.
(The stone structure behind the plant is the Wurrungwuri sculpture. It is a design of Chris Booth, made of quartz pebbles incorporating an Aboriginal shield design from the Sydney Gadigal community).
''Eremophila nivea'', commonly known as silky eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. In nature it is a rare shrub with hairy branches and leaves, and blue, purple or violet flowers.
