Eremophila bignoniiflora

Eremophila bignoniiflora, commonly known as Bignonia emu bush, creek wilga, dogwood, and river argee is a plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory and all mainland states of Australia.

It is also used by various Aboriginal Australian groups as bush medicine, and known as eurah or eura (Kamilaroi), gooramurra (Jingulu), and kurumbimi (Mudburra).

Eremophila bignoniiflora is a spreading, weeping shrub or small tree, usually with many branches, growing to a height of 1–8 m (3–30 ft) and sometimes almost as wide.

The 5 sepals are green, overlap slightly, are egg-shaped, pointed, have a distinct central ridge and are mostly 5–6.5 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long.

[2] The species is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[12] and as "vulnerable" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

[13] Aboriginal people used gooramurra as a bush medicine, and the antimicrobial activity of oils extracted from it showed it to be effective against the yeast Candida albicans and the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis.

E. bignoniiflora shrub, approximately 3 metres tall, Fitzroy River floodplain, Central Queensland
E. bignoniiflora flower
E. bignoniiflora foliage