Eremophila longifolia (Berrigan)

Eremophila longifolia, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

BERRIGAN FACTS

distribution map showing range of Eremophila longifolia in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Berrigan

Description
The Berrigan is a weeping shrub with long narrow leaves and pink or red hairy tubular flowers in spring and summer.

Distribution
Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria., South Australia, Western Australia,

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 6
Spread (m): 1.5 - 4
Soil Texture: loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 300
Flower Colour: pink, brown
Flower Season: winter, spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Wildlife Interest
attracts birds and butterflies, caterpillar food source

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Myoporaceae
Genus:	Eremophila
Species:	longifolia
Common Name:	Berrigan

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  Eremophila abietina
  Eremophila alternifolia
  Eremophila bignoniiflora
  Eremophila bowmanii
  Eremophila brevifolia
  Eremophila decipiens
  Eremophila divaricata
  Eremophila glabra 'Murchison Magic'
  Eremophila hygrophana
  Eremophila laanii
  Eremophila macdonnellii
  Eremophila nivea
  Eremophila oldfieldii ssp oldfieldii
  Eremophila oppositifolia
  Eremophila scoparia
  Eremophila subteretifolia