Eremophila incisa
Eremophila incisa is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low shrub with shiny leaves which have thickened teeth along their edges and hairy, mauve or purple flowers. Description. "Eremophila incisa" is a small, spreading shrub which grows to a height of between with branches that are flattened near their tips and sticky due to the presence of resin. The leaves are arranged alternately and scattered along the stems, thick, egg-shaped to elliptic, sticky, shiny, curved downwards and mostly long and wide. The most distinctive feature of  the leaves is that their margins are cut into, producing stiff, spiny teeth. The flowers are borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils on a sticky stalk, usually long. There are 5 green to purplish-brown, lance-shaped to egg-shaped overlapping sepals which are very hairy on their inner surface. The petals are long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is deep purple to mauve on the outside and white with yellow-brown spots inside. The outside of the tube and petal lobes are densely hairy but the inside of  the lobes is glabrous and the inside of the tube is woolly. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs from March to October and is followed by woody, almost spherical fruits which have a hairy, papery covering and are in diameter. Taxonomy and naming. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 2007 and the description was published in "Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae". The specific epithet ("incisa") is a Latin word meaning "made by cutting" referring to the leaves of this species. Distribution and habitat. "Eremophila  incisa" grows on plains in shallow soils between Newman and Meekatharra in the Gascoyne, Murchison and Pilbara biogeographic regions. Conservation status. "Eremophila incisa" is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.