Eremophila viscimarginata

Eremophila viscimarginata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, erect, prickly shrub with hairy stems, small leaves, greenish-pink sepals and mauve petals.

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Eremophila viscimarginata is a shrub which grows to a height of between 20 and 50 cm (8 and 20 in). Its branches are densely covered with glandular hairs and there are bands of shiny, sticky resin extending down under the leaf bases. The leaves overlap each other and are arranged alternately along the branches, thick, erect, elliptic to egg-shaped, usually with 1 or 2 pairs of large teeth on the edges, each of which has a sharp point. They are 3–10 mm (0.1–0.4 in) long, 2–5.5 mm (0.08–0.2 in) wide, shiny, sticky, thickened at the edge and have a sticky mid-vein on the lower surface. They are also covered with glandular hairs although these are gradually lost as the leaf ages. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on straight stalks 8–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long which are covered with simple, wavy hairs. There are 5 overlapping, reddish-purple to greenish-pink, egg-shaped sepals which are 8–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long and mostly hairy. The petals are 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube and its lobes are light purple, the outer surface of both is mostly covered with long hairs, the inner surface of the lobes is glabrous and the inside of the tube is filled with long, soft hairs. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube and are hairy near their bases. Flowering mainly occurs between August and September and is followed by fruit which are dry, woody, oval-shaped, 4-sided and about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with a hairy, papery covering.