page_title: Eremophila rigens
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Eremophila rigens / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Eremophila rigens growing 23km east of "Pingandy"
context_page_description: Eremophila rigens is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with long, stiff, glabrous leaves and pale lilac-coloured to white flowers.
context_section_description: Eremophila rigens is a shrub or small tree, often with a single main stem, which grows to a height of between 1.5 and 3.5 m (5 and 10 ft). The branches and leaves are covered with a dense layer of fine white hairs when young but soon become glabrous. The leaves are arranged alternately and are densely clustered near the ends of the branches, linear in shape and tapering towards both ends. They are mostly 51–89 mm (2–4 in) long, 3–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide, end in a sharp point and have a distinct mid-vein on the lower surface.
  
  The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on stalks, 10–28.5 mm (0.4–1 in) long.  There are 5 pink to purple, overlapping, hairy, lance-shaped, sepals which are 11–22 mm (0.4–0.9 in) long. The sepals have a sharply pointed end and are very rigid when dry. The petals are 20–31 mm (0.8–1 in) long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is pale lilac-coloured to white and hairy on the outside. The inside surface of the petal lobes is mostly glabrous but the inside of the petal tube is filled with long, soft hairs. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs in September and the fruits which follow are oval-shaped, about 8–10.5 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and have a hairy, papery covering.
caption: E. rigens growing north-east of Mount Augustus
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