Eremophila longifolia , also known as Berrigan , is a shrub or tree which is native to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Description

It grows to between one and six metres in height and has yellow, orange, red or pink flowers between early autumn and early summer (March to December in Australia). These are followed by rounded fleshy fruits which are 5 to 12 mm in diameter. The linear leaves are 3 to 20 cm in length.

Taxonomy

The first description of the species was published by Robert Brown

Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...

 in 1810 who gave it the name Stenochilus longifolius.

Common Names

As well as being known as Berrigan, the species has a number of other common names including Emu bush, Long-leaf Emu Bush, Weeping Emu Bush, Native Plum, Native Plum Tree and Dogwood

Dogwood (disambiguation)

Dogwood may refer to:* Dogwood, the flowering trees and shrubs of the genus Cornus, commonly referred to as "dogwoods"* Solanum dulcamara, a species of vine in the Solanaceae family native to Europe and Asia...

. Aboriginal names include Ortherrenge (Eastern Aranda) and Tulypur (Yankunytjatjara).