Green fuchsia bush

Description

Eremophila serrulata, commonly known as serrate-leaved eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub whose leaves are sticky and have small serrations, and flowers that have green, yellowish-green or yellowish-brown petals.Eremophila serrulata is a shrub that grows to a height and width of 0.8 to 2.5 m (3 to 8 ft). Its leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and are lance-shaped, egg-shaped or almost circular and have a stalk 2–12 mm (0.08–0.5 in) long. The leaf blade is mostly 11–51 mm (0.4–2 in) long, 6–22 mm (0.2–0.9 in) wide, usually has many small serrations on the edges and sometimes has a few hairs but these are often obscured by resin.The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a slightly hairy, S-shaped stalk, 10–25 mm (0.4–1 in) long. There are 5 overlapping, glabrous, lance-shaped to egg-shaped sepals which are mostly 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long. The petals are 20–30 mm (0.79–1.2 in) long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is green, yellowish-green or yellowish-brown and the inner and outer surfaces are covered with glandular hairs. The 4 stamens extend beyond the end of the petal tube. Flowering occurs throughout the year but mainly from April to October. The fruits are oval to almost spherical and are 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and have a glabrous, pale grey covering