Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila clavata Chinnock , legitimate, scientific
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 260-261, Fig. 128, Map 101 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: ca 31 km N of Widgiemooltha between Coolgardie and Norseman, Western Australia, 30.ix.1968, Hj. Eichler 20054 (holotype: AD; isotypes: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH, Z).
nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila clavata Chinnock, Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud. pro parte misapplication: Eremophila caerulea (S.Moore) Diels legitimate by Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1975), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 4: 632
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Latin, clavata, club-shaped; referring to the leaves which are long and narrow and swollen at the distal end."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 61 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "clavata (clubbed), refers to the leaves which thicken near the end."