Eremophila strongylophylla

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Oldfield, D. 2013. Eremophila strongylophylla F. Muell. (Scrophulariaceae) Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultraviol...ress/#entry1355

 

No common name

 

Botanical synonyms

Bontia strongylophylla (F. Muell.) Kuntze

Bondtia strongylophlla orth. var. Kuntze

 

Rockbank, Victoria, Australia

22 August 2010 (Visible light)

Maldon, Victoria, Australia

9 December 2013 (UV)

Wildflower as Garden Specimen

 

Comment

The name of this eremophila is derived from the Greek strongyl-, round, phylla-, leaf. Chinnock noted “The type of Eremophila strongylophylla is very fragmentary, [having been described by Ferdinand Mueller in 1876] consisting of four stem portions mounted on a sheet with most of the leaves lost except towards the branch tips. There are three small packets, one with Mueller’s handwriting on the outside containing a dissected flower and calyx and fragments of leaf and calyx. The other two packets and a small cellophane packet contain leaf fragments.

 

Visible Light: Pentax K-20D Unmodified camera, Carl Zeiss Makro Planar 100 mm f/2.0 lens, Metz 15 MS-1 flash, 1/180 s @ f/11, ISO 200, B+W UV Filter, composite image in Photoshop CS5 with 5 stacked layers from different focal planes.

Image Reference: IGP 2983

This is an image from my archives

 

Ultraviolet Light: Pentax K-5 Full Spectrum Modification, UV-Nikkor 105 mm f/4.5 lens, SB-14 flash, 1/180 s @ f/16, ISO 200, Baader UV-Pass Filter

Image Reference: DO51806

 

References:

Chinnock, R.J. Eremophila and Allied Genera, Rosenberg, 2007, p. 471

 

Atlas of Living Australia http://bie.ala.org.a...strongylophylla

 

 

Published 9 December 2013